''Children are the living messages we send to a time we will not see.''

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