borderline
i've never understood borders. as a kid, i'd look at the maps and ask, "why? why did they choose that straight line and this curvy line here to declare a state or statehood?" and most adults would tell me - "well, that's the how the borders are." no, doi - but isn't there some record as to WHY they chose that configuration to call rhode island?
"alright, gents, - we got lots of land heading west - you sure you guys don't want some more land?"
"nah, we're good with our 1200 square miles." i hear peter griffin's voice when i say the retort - prolly 'cuz family guy is set in quahog, rhode island. fictional town, but i still imagine most people there sound like peter.
borders seemed absurd and they still do - i've just come to live with them.
title: 4th of july sketchings
medium: red prismacolor col-erase pencil on #20 white paper
here's a 4th of july themed sketch of flash that i'm trying to do before the 4th. i didn't want it to be patriotic, rather cultural - 'cuz really, i have a respect for the environment that i was raised in - washington state. but i feel no affinity to the state or the country that it resides in. i mean, culturally, i'm an american, but i have no respect for the actions and practices of america - most of it is devilishly brutal, in humanistic terms.
besides, it's criminal that this country doesn't have universal health and dental care - i realize that we're fed the bullshit that we are getting the world's top-notch care, ergo we must pay the world's top-notch expense for it - it's horseshit. our qualitative level of care is rapidly declining on the global and while most other 1st world nations take care of their people's health and welfare - we have tens of millions of people without. given the wealth of this nation, that shit is criminal. and we're to blame, 'cuz we fall for Their bullshit.