You act according to what is important to you. But sometimes an event shatters those priorities….9/11 was such an event.
I could not function. In the days following, I noticed that everyone drove very slowly. Why rush to work or to appointments or even back to your house, when your world has just ended?
For several months I could not work on my art. I felt that I was in a place removed from my world. How could these monsters have attacked my beloved country? How could people have not seen this coming, when the harbingers were clear? How could our protectors not have seen it coming and acted on our behalf, on their own behalf?
But then I saw retired veterans volunteering to serve in the military again, instant in their desire to rush to our defense. I saw the American people seeming to draw together in common purpose to ensure that this attack would not destroy our way of life. Finally, I began to return to my values. I was able to conceive the painting you see here:
You act according to what is important to you. But sometimes an event shatters those priorities….9/11 was such an event.
I could not function. In the days following, I noticed that everyone drove very slowly. Why rush to work or to appointments or even back to your house, when your world has just ended?
For several months I could not work on my art. I felt that I was in a place removed from my world. How could these monsters have attacked my beloved country? How could people have not seen this coming, when the harbingers were clear? How could our protectors not have seen it coming and acted on our behalf, on their own behalf?
But then I saw retired veterans volunteering to serve in the military again, instant in their desire to rush to our defense. I saw the American people seeming to draw together in common purpose to ensure that this attack would not destroy our way of life. Finally, I began to return to my values. I was able to conceive the painting you see here:
The Minuteman, Again