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Who wants to be a Puppeteer? (2022) Drawing by Edwin Loftus
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Cincinnatus was a Roman general who was called out of retirement in a time of need. Successful in battle, he was offered riches and great power, but refused them to return to his retirement.
This was the model George Washington followed when he refused to let men propose him as a king and after serving two as America's first President, he shocked most observers by voluntarily giving up the Presidency to return to his estate.
Washington believed there was no honor in having power over others.
He believed that moral leadership must be a burden of service to others, assumed only at need and quickly set aside. He believed that Honor comes not in leadership, but in helping to make it possible for others to be their own leaders, to govern their own lives and pursue their own vision for their lives.
His complaint was that fate had made him its puppet, he abhorred that for himself and felt degraded when others sought to tempt him with continued power.
Who among the leaders alive today has this sort of virtue? There are some. But they are not common.
A saying in the Cincinnatus Society of which he was a member was, "The only ones fit for leadership are those that don't want it, that take it on reluctantly, and have done with it as soon as their duty is fulfilled."
Most of us aren't called this way. For us it is much smaller power we use and too often abuse. Each of us should look at our lives and ask ourselves how often we manipulate others rather than leading or resolving things as equals, followed only when others freely elect to follow us. Respecting others as equally the captains of their own views and destinies. Depending on the persuasion of our ideas, not the power of some advantage we exploit when we cannot persuade.
It is better to be ordinary in a land of free people, than King in a land of puppets.
During creation of this image a small, 1 inch tear occurred in the upper right-hand corner, parallel with the top edge and 3/16th inches below it. This was repaired with acid neutral artist's tape and should be as lasting as the paper it repairs. This is why the picture is rated only "very good", not "perfect". When matted, it will show. So, observe this if you think of purchasing this image.
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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 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.
- Nationality: UNITED STATES
- Date of birth : 1951
- Artistic domains: Works by artists with a certified artist value,
- Groups: Contemporary American Artists
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