written for acceptance to art school - 1987, age 17
KEY TO THE ESSENCE OF LIFE
The following is an essay that sums up my thoughts on life and goals SO FAR:
Happiness; what most seem to want yet few seem to have. Hopefully all will soon realize that happiness is easily accessible with extreme simplicity and logic. The same thing which brings complete despair also brings ultimate bliss. The same key used to open the gates of heaven is also the ticket for the ferry to hell. This can be called creation. Can anybody name something that is not creation? Creation is not only physical like a painting, Toyota, or baseball stadium. Fears and illusions are creation as are with love and reality. The whole universe with its every galaxy, plane and dimension is creation. Every thought, idea and action is creation. The one problem is that many tend to create some form of ugliness instead of beauty. Why anyone would weigh themselves down with negative creation, I don't know. Is there any true reasoning for fear, hatred, self-pity, or greed to the smallest degree? This seems to be a waste of time, that if not stopped leads to the end of creation; destruction, self-destruction. I step out of this flow of destruction and dedicate myself to auspiciousness regardless of any obstacle. Creation brings beauty, beauty brings inspiration, which leads back to creation. This for me is a growing process, and a continual cycle of HAPPINESS. In this way, I aim to create great and then greater creations which will be as one vast, colorful, and spectacular work of art, and no, it doesn't stop there. The cycle keeps turning.
Art to me is more than just a media. In my eyes, every second of life is art. I strive to develop my technique and versatility in many different medias, and in the same time develop my perception and intuition on life. With the help of this, I aim to be artistically productive every second of life.
-moolar