One sure thing the Greeks got right, and everyone agrees, was their own ‘Mythology’, not as substitute to religion or the divine (too much ego involved) but as hint into man’s psychology (… No, I wasn’t attracted to My dad) and as a good source or material into the discovery of man’s origins and archetypes. I believe Homosexuality (“no I’m not gay”), opposite to what people consider corruption of the senses, is one form of the concept of humans as fallen angels. In that case, fallen (greek) gods who happen to fall in love with their own “mirror” in a very sacred way, by transcending societies’ rules, laws and restrictions, able to commune with a soul mate, made out of the same mold. Experiencing the nightmare of ‘gods’ when ruled by lesser ones. Where they are the ones who understood sacredness, while their current masters accuse them of profanity. Not unlike the rest of us, free people.

Now those fallen gods are not immune to misery and all the other afflictions that all men experience in the absence of their true love. Their Romeos and their Juliets. So that’s another part of the tragedy. Just to bring more confusion into the general picture. And to make their fall even greater. And ultimately their heart bigger. If their mind is in the right place.

One other big lie comes from sick oppressed clerics, and fascists of all stripes, i.e. secular or religious – i.e. the demagogues, not even demigods – equating pedophilia (their own tendency) with homosexuality (their own too), spreading the notion than both actions are criminal. (Not mentioning rape and sex slavery). Even insidiously finding a way into a whole chapter of an otherwise very holy book (the old testament) and curse forever a whole race, the Jewish People – not unlike humanity’s fate. But everyone’s scapegoat for sure. And curse homosexuality forever. Worse, pervert the concept. What a waste. Maybe we human didn’t deserve better at the time.

As a side note, if Homosexuals thought of themselves as gods and goddesses (meaning certainly not lesser humans than heteros), they would know better and stop asking to live the ‘petit-bourgeois dream’ of getting married and start a family – or become Illiberal liberal priests! That I think nature didn’t offer them. Civil union for practical reasons is okay, even necessary, but Marriage doesn’t ring true to my ears (“so gay!”). My two cents. Following my own logic anyway. But that’s jut me. Gays have their own bullies, or ‘activists’ and their own internal wars to address.

For women it’s different. They are mothers, I can see how they may end up with their own child and raise them. There could be lots of exceptions to that, as always and both ways. That’s a rule too.

Now myself I’m more on the side of discretion (discreet). Especially when it comes to nudity. More mine. But real democracies are exactly that: the liberty to be who you are: not to be pushed by bullies to behave wilder than you are. And not to be forced by other bullies to go into hiding by fear of lynching because the truth happens to favor freedom and freedom happens to outcast/unmask THEM (Fascist governments and thoughts). Followers were not suppose to become our leaders.

Food for thoughts. I don’t mean to start an argument. Especially on line where people tend too often to act angry or outraged. This site, thanks to neo, is too decent & precious to be spoiled. (The sanity squad is very special too. You are already a brand, no doubt, the four of you, together and separately. You can’t let that disappear. I’ll print the t-shirt one day and you’ll get (the cash and) and the publicity – for the fun of it and the greater good.)

… I believe Jesus had it all right. Even after him, the truth could not be said. But he paid a high price for talking it. It’s up to us to look for all the unsaid words, I believe.
One would hope that, today, in America at least, the truth can be told. First it must be reached of course. One sure rule: the fairest and highest news will hit the jackpot. The just news! No room for hypocrites & demagogues, nor space for syrupy. Much less hate and tyranny. Soft or not. Actually an antidote to it.

We can’t compete with god’s mind, nor imagination but we can get close to it. At least not missing it when we see/hear it. That’s one purpose of ART. Art and God are one with the Truth. What’s real and what’s not? That’s an art also: to be a true art critic! How many can paint? (we know, not many) but how many can judge a painting? The question becomes could they learn to see?

I learned a lot about God by watching my own paintings. I’ll share that knowledge one day. The good news is that while I can write hours about it, one could just simply sit and trip endlessly in front of them. Especially if I had struggled a lot to achieve them. They speak for themselves. It didn’t come easy: I started as architect, changed planet few times, was cursed with bad luck, but finally I became the luckiest person on the planet (being who I am, i.e. abstract and wild, humble, idealist & very patient). I’m still waiting for the door to paradise (Manhattan) to open for me but it’s getting closer and closer, I know. Thank God, the Iraq war has seen a positive turn. It surely helps my cause. No I’m not Iraqi. But I was pro-liberating Iraq from thugs and terror. So I had to share the sacrifice real soldiers and good Iraqis were making. I could never live their ordeal. My bad luck doesn’t bring me that far, thank God; Mine is mainly spiritual. The only pain I can handle.

I should go now, my mother and my aunt are flying to town today from Tehran. Right, Persian neocon.

My hope is to one day create my own café-Museum, big, bright and beautiful, with the best people around, music, laughters and friends, only. With one goal: to celebrate all that’s good about America: her beauty, her liberty, her freedom and her flag (my main theme). And then take it from there.

… I got distracted by my visitors.
So, I’m sending this post for posterity – i.e. four months after it was written. Time flies. I have personally abolished Time in my life. Doesn’t mean I don’t know boredom. But that’s because I’m not free yet.

Thanx again!!

I think that a big problem with the prestige art of the contemporary world is that it lacks love and awe. Great art expresses love and/or awe for God, for the natural world, for people, or for beuaty itself. Today there seems no love or awe on the part of the artist of anything outside the artist himself, certainly not for beauty. Furthermore, Robert Conquest noted, in his book “Reflections on a Ravaged Century”, that contemporary artists frequently leave their raw material in the raw. They do not exhibit the skill with their materials that artists did in the past. Conquest is no philistine (he is a published poet as well as historian) as some might consider me, but was raised in an artistic household in the Paris of the 20s and 30s frequented by avant-garde artists and musicians. I think his comment is significant.

In my case, I speak good English, fair Hebrew…and Great Britain.

Now Damien Hirst is another story! The anti-Warhol, so to speak. One – The King of (American) Pop Art; the original – praises Life, Joy and America with all her flaws and all her goodness. The other – pure British creepiness at work – resemble more the case of an obsessed sick scientist, experimenting in his laboratory; no Art. I find his work repulsive. A direct gift from Hell. Art is a representation of Life and Universal Truths. When it becomes the projection of a pathological mind, it loses all his magic and all his Beauty. From breathing timeless material it morphs into dead objects.

Nothing spiritual to discover in this kind of art. Quite the opposite. Vulgarity never works.

This is the first time I post a comment, Neo, probably the last time also. Not good with words. I’m not American although I was always in love with America. I’m still waiting to reach your shores from Europe where I was born. I’m not European neither but French is my first language nevertheless. No I don’t live in France. I’m a painter on her way to worldwide fame. AcidPopArt, that’s how I define my work. I’m a true follower of Andy Warhol and Pop Art. Thank to my genuine love of America, I guess, it was natural and easy for me to paint like a true American Pop Artist. But since I paint Abstract, I added Acid before Pop. The surprise was to see that painting structures led to images . All out of my control, but all out of my subconscious. And the paintings are fabulous also.

One day you’ll hear from me. I’ll be in NYC that day. Hopefully soon.

Did I mention I also love Fox? I’m never offended by any of them. Yea, maybe Alan Colmes. But he serves a purpose. So does O’Reilly. One thing sure about Fox is that it’s not run by pompous asses. And that’s good enough for me. They love America too and that’s all I need to know to feel at home… And the truth always comes out when you watch Fox. No subject is taboo.

First time I saw Fox on TV, 10 days before the Iraq war, it was a revelation for me. Never saw that on TV. But Fox has a very bad reputation around the globe, courtesy of the envious clueless Left. So one idea for me was to sign my painting FoxNews, since we have the same initials…

… A Short cut to clarity.

See you!! and Thanx for your great site. I hope you wont quit.

Love!

Japan has an extra 4-10% of their GDP that they can spend on social welfare instead of defense. America usually handles that with American blood and treasure, as usual for many prosperous places in the world.