“The Book: Chapter 1" (detail)
watercolor, gouache & gold leaf on paper
13 1/4”w x 16 1/2”h
2019
In this day-and-age I feel an overwhelming desire to set the record straight concerning my own, personal convictions.
I politically identify as a social democrat.
I believe in the congress of ideas and the compromises we all must make, in a diverse society, in order to form a more perfect union.
I believe in the congress of ideas and the compromises we all must make, in a diverse society, in order to form a more perfect union.
I DESPISE OVERT WEALTH ACCUMULATION FOR ITS OWN OR ANY OTHER SAKE.
I believe in the common good.
My taxes are freely given, as long as they promote the general welfare.
I believe the wealth of our country must be shared, not hoarded.
I believe all attempts to ascribe a moral order, based on an idea of the mind of any-and-all deities to be acrimonious and ill held.
I have unceasing consternation concerning the lack of meaning that seems to-be-the-case of our existence. This is a recalcitrant predisposition, and should never be misunderstood as a hold-out for a reality that is hidden.
I believe history occurs in cycles and that the current, western cycle may be coming to a close.
I believe that is totally OK.
My jesters are meant to be seen with compassion, but never let the idea that I have compassion be misunderstood as a desire for nostalgic permanence.
Yours… with a chaser,
Russell Nachman
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