While us adults keep saying and doing
crazier and crazier things,
children are there.
While we yell and shout our different
opinions at each other,
children are there.
While we fight, brawl and throw punches
at each other,
children are there.
While we lie, mislead and hide the truth
from each other,
children are there.
While we ignore, gaslight and disrespect
each other,
children are there.
While we belittle, denigrate and bully
each other,
children are there.
While we hide our pain, grief and sorrow
from each other,
children are there.
While we spend our time staring at a screen
and not speaking with each other,
children are there.
While we invest more and more of our trust
in creations made from algorithms and binary code,
children are there.
While we find more and more
ingenious ways of killing each other,
children are there.
While we keep doing this
will we keep doing so until one day
there will no longer be such a thing
as an ''innocent child''
anymore?
Will there be........
A day when a balloon ceases to be magical,
a day when a doll or a ball is exchanged
for an AK-47.
A day when the brand is more important
than the damage ''the thing'' may cause,
Or,
A day when our children will find more
love, attention, comfort and joy
in the company of another primate
.............less human.
''Monkeys are superior to men(humans) in this:
When a monkey looks in to a mirror
he sees a monkey.''
(Malcolm de Chazal)
''Children are the living messages we send to a time we will not see.''
(Neil Postman)
about the images: top: Four different large paintings all
painted on canvas with acrylic and kohl pencils.
''Collaged'' with Elements to become one image.
Father and son painting; acrylic on medium canvas
