Tag Archives: Freedom

Weaponised Art

Posted on June 1, 2022 by tropicaltheartist

The Humanity/Insanity Test I have an acid test to propose for artists and their art. I call it the Humanity/Insanity test. “What’s that?”, I hear you ask. It’s a judgement about which of the two your art increases, in the … Continue reading →

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Are The Controllers of the Dominant Narrative Sane?

Posted on October 28, 2018 by tropicaltheartist

Elites spend vast fortunes controlling the dominant narrative. They do this because it’s what works and they have enough money to control it exclusively in their own interests. It’s effective. They make excellent returns on the money they invest in … Continue reading →

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Abandoned Projects

Posted on October 14, 2018 by tropicaltheartist

I have a lot of different projects I’ve not finished, but I never throw them away. I know that even if I’ve lost enthusiasm for something, it will renew later. I’ve finished many things after allowing them to remain fallow … Continue reading →

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Expressing the Inexpressible

Posted on October 8, 2018 by tropicaltheartist

About half the population of our planet cannot express their true thoughts and feelings, for fear of the consequences. That’s the best estimate I could find. It’s probably higher than that. Self-censorship is rife. They live under regimes that prohibit … Continue reading →

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Waste

Posted on September 23, 2018 by tropicaltheartist

How much stuff gets thrown away not because it’s no longer functional, but because people no longer have a use or need for it, or they don’t know how to fix it, or how to get the replacement part for … Continue reading →

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Is This the Life You Want?

Posted on September 2, 2018 by tropicaltheartist

There are people who spend their waking hours diligently making things awful. They’re “awfulisers”, in the words of cartoonist Michael Leunig. Their net contribution to human life is extremely negative and it undoubtedly would be better if we called these … Continue reading →

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Making Art While Everything Burns

Posted on August 13, 2018 by tropicaltheartist

I have a schedule that is supposed to help me build positive work habits, so that I get my priority projects done. You know the theory: just make sure you put one foot in front of the other every day … Continue reading →

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Lonely Robots and Hungry Ghosts

Posted on August 3, 2018 by tropicaltheartist

How do you make art in a world that is so atomised and fragmented; where every human being behaves like an automaton, programmed to consume, but not to interact with anybody else at a deep, meaningful level? When every member … Continue reading →

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The Corporate Takeover of Humanity

Posted on July 22, 2018 by tropicaltheartist

Humanity suffers from many anxieties – both real and imagined. Perhaps one of the most foreboding is the rise of the machines, whereby a combination of artificial intelligence, machine learning and automation renders humans obsolete. This thought generally terrifies us, … Continue reading →

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Old, Ignored Ideas

Posted on July 19, 2018 by tropicaltheartist

Writing something worth reading has become difficult, lately. Due to the chaotic state of global politics, we’re awash with shocking, sickening, outrageous, alarming, disgusting, unprecedented things to read all the time. There are more polemics, accusations and denials than you … Continue reading →

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