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Explaining Freedom (2022) Drawing by Edwin Loftus

Pastel on Paper, 8x10 in
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  • Pastel on Paper
  • Dimensions Height 8in, Width 10in
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  • Categories Politics
The Sage tries to explain Freedom to students that have only been taught their place in the great machine. They have been taught that freedom is when the government chooses not to impose excessive rules on them. They have never been told that the authority of government comes from them and there is no authority of government to interfere in their lives [...]
The Sage tries to explain Freedom to students that have only been taught their place in the great machine.
They have been taught that freedom is when the government chooses not to impose excessive rules on them. They have never been told that the authority of government comes from them and there is no authority of government to interfere in their lives any more than the people have given them permission.
They have been taught that their dreams, their needs, their beliefs are not as important as those of the leaders that rule over them.
They have been promised that if they obey the laws and work hard all of their active lives that they will not be punished and in their old age may be allowed to live in some semblance of dignity and comfort.
If they follow these rules, they may even become one of the relatively few that gets to tell other people what they must do and if they do this as their superiors wish, they may be rewarded.
They have been taught that the world is corrupt, and the game of life is rigged. That they can only chose between being predators or prey and the smart people choose to be predators. They will always be ruled over by others, the only question is whether their rulers will be more inclined to reward those that serve them, or less so. They believe they have no choice whether others will rule over them. They only have some small say in which masters they will serve.
The Sage has a difficult task before him.

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Edwin Loftus is an American painter and draftsman born in 1951. His interest in art began at the age of 4 when he decided to draw something real rather than working from his imagination. . As a child he excelled [...]

Edwin Loftus is an American painter and draftsman born in 1951. His interest in art began at the age of 4 when he decided to draw something real rather than working from his imagination. 

As a child he excelled at drawing and as a teenager he began to experiment with oil painting. In college, he took courses in art and art history and realized that true art had nothing to do with the quality of the drawing or painting, but that it had to have the ambition to push the boundaries and expand the visual experience. 

He also studied philosophy, psychology and history and quickly realized that it was just another art establishment trying to defend its elitist industry and reward system. Their skills were almost non-existent, they knew nothing about psychology, perception or stimulus response, and they were extensions of the belief system that made communism, fascism and other forms of totalitarianism such destructive forces in the world. They literally believe that art shouldn't be available to ordinary human beings, but only to an elite "sophisticated" enough to understand it. 

Edwin Loftus realized that the emperors of art had no clothes, but they were still the emperors. Gifted in art, he worked hard to acquire this skill. So he found other ways to make a living and sold a few artworks from time to time. For sixty years, many people enjoyed his works and some collected them. 

Today, Edwin Loftus is retired. Even if he sold all his paintings for the price he asked, "artist" would be the lowest paid job he ever had... but that's the way it is.  It won't matter to him after he dies. He just hopes that some people will like what he does enough to enjoy it in the future. 

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