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| from "Random Acts of Vibrance" (inks on bristol / 2010) |
Today in America we celebrate our independence- and by definition our self-rule. It is in theory the principles of democracy lay ground for many a man to rule his lot in the land of the free. It is at times a difficult concept which stumbles into the territory of contradiction. Without community, the self cannot survive for it takes a village and a tribe. Likewise, without government and system the village would fall into bedlam and lawless abandon. Therefor in fact, we are all part of the machine which manufactures independence and freedom through calculated control.
To gain freedoms in terms of equality, history has bore witness to bodies of peoples petitioning the general public and government through protest and upheaval. No single individual can stake claim on the American Revolution, the Labor Movement, the Civil Rights Movement or the modern strife of equal rights for other minorities and the LGBT community. Only through organization and reliance on others can social change and acceptance occur. Only with a unified voice can citizens gain justness and law to the benefit all peoples equally.
