Why I do what I do

Recently I’ve been considering the direction I’ve elected to take with much of my artwork. Politics and religion being an understandably hot topic in our world, some may wonder why I’ve placed myself in the line of fire with such controversial material. Boiling down pages of philosophical ramblings, the best I can say is this: it’s because I care. Yes, I’m aware that some of my cartoons and their style of humor may prompt unease, discomfort, or even anger. But I carefully consider each one before I publish or post, as I want to be sure it’s a message I want to make known as my own. Feeling myself to have intelligently considered my views, and convinced of the importance of absolute truth in our world, I can do nothing but attempt to educate through my work.

Creativity, imagination, and expressing myself through writing, music, and illustration is something that’s an important part of my life. Much the same way that what I believe is important to me as well. But lately, I’ve felt my beliefs threatened by an inconsistent, illogical world-view that flails about for meaning, and finds none. Government is never perfect, but we’re welcoming a governmental administration that speaks tolerance and democracy, but in reality is intolerant to any group or belief system that doesn’t fall in line with their own. We’re sacrificing our way of life for financial prosperity and a facade of post-modernistic belief systems that share more in common with communism and socialism than with true freedom.

So, as an artist, I take this duty of conveying truth and belief as very serious. Most likely, every artist before me would say the same thing, regardless of what they believed.