Disrupt the Status Quo

The world is split into two terrible camps. On the left, under the cold moon, is the realm of the BUSY. Here, the Astronaut of Apathy is shackled by a chain that snakes down into the void, his entire existence the frantic, endless task of juggling two glowing spheres of false obligation. He is busy for the sake of being busy, his motions carrying him further away from any meaningful goal, constantly looking to the moon but never reaching it.

On the right lies the field of the unthinking. Countless sheep, identical and docile, move as one mass, following ancient, comfortable boundaries. Their world demands conformity, it is the very definition of the Status Quo. But above them, the mantra of true purpose is etched into the sky: “CREATE IT,” and beneath that, the quiet, persistent glow of “illuminating intelligence.”

Then there is the Stag. Towering above the herd, his rack of antlers is less a crown and more a complex antenna, drawing the illumination down to him. He is the outlier, the sentinel of independent thought, refusing to graze where the others do. He is the embodiment of the Third Path: not frantic activity, and not mindless obedience, but the courageous act of creation. He chooses to disrupt the status quo not with noise, but with an intelligent, deliberate existence.

ARTWORK DETAILS

ARTIST

Jela Prančić

MEDIUM

Collage

DATE

5 February 2024

ORIGINAL DIMENSIONS

30cm x 24cm

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