Motives
16"x22"x1.5"
Oil on canvas
February 2014
So much of our identities are sculpted by others' opinions. We are what we are permitted to be. We are taught what is socially acceptable in the society in which we live. Our personalities are filtered by a screen and we act how we are taught to act in public. These screens filter out what makes us different and it is so easy to lose sight of the quirks that set us apart. Commercial society constantly has us thinking about ourselves, selling products that claim to cater to our individuality. What exactly is this paradox doing to the cores of our personality? Do we actually even have personalities at all? Is it possible that we are we all merely reflections of people in our lives collaged together?
