This is a response to a TMP project called "2 lies and a truth". The object was to create three images of ourselves, each representing a different story of something that had happened in our lives, and then write a short caption for each. Two of these stories (and thus, images) would be lies, the other would be true.
As is becoming normal for me, I decided not to follow the assignment directly. Instead of telling stories about myself, I came up with three different ideas of creation/religion/spirituality, and projected them on three different paintings I made of myself. The idea then, was not that one of these three ideas was true for everyone, and the others were lies, but that each person brought there own ideas and biases to the table as they viewed the work, so which was true (if any) was different for each person.
On the works (from top to bottom) it reads "Emerson was created by God, in God's own image", "Emerson is made of the same dust as all things. He is to you, as the cells of his body are to each other, he is an incomprehensibly insignificant part of something much larger", and "Emerson exists only because he thinks he exists. As soon as he stops believing in the illusion, he will stop being".
The works are each 24"x30" on canvas. They incorporate acrylic and oil paint, as well as pencil and charcoal.
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