The posts are flowing at a steady clip right now and that’s because I have a huge amount of work that has long awaited finding a place in a context like this one.

So the mighty several of you who jumped in and subscribed to my brand new email updates are getting quite the blast of content.

I’m not about to apologize for that—presumably you’re here because you like what I’m about. If you didn’t I’d surely have repelled you a long time ago by now. As I mentioned to several folks over banter about my art at my show opening last week, a lot of what I’m saying and doing is “not exactly subtle.”

However I wouldn’t call it exotic or “out there” either.

Years ago I bought a shirt which I wore to shreds because I loved it so much. It was an album shirt for Thom Yorke’s Tomorrow’s Modern Boxes. If you’re unfamiliar Thom Yorke is the lead singer of Radiohead.

If you stood facing a mirror wearing that shirt, you’d see reflected back underneath the geometric design the phrase “THE TRUTH IS ORDINARY.”

Correct.

Getting more specific, the truth about me is ordinary.

I’ve had a lot of people frame me as some kind of rebel. The thing is, in order to be a rebel there would need to be some kind of authority I am supposedly rebelling from.

What authority am I actually under, which I am going against? Who am I going against by continuing to exist? If someone thinks I am against them due to the fact that I am continuing to exist, wouldn’t it seem that they perhaps need some support for their emotional and mental health?

Because my existence is not a political stance or an ideology. It is a purely neutral fact.

Me taking care of my basic needs so I can continue to create value in society and support the people I love is not some kind of extremist behavior.

Glad we cleared that up.

Peace,

Adrien