Art's purpose is to get you out of the box. The world - as humanity has tried to encase it - is far from the square constrictions of logical thought. But that is the point; Art expression and perception are an exercise of creativity, invention and ingenuity that fits, as oxymoronic as it sounds, this entropy like a glove. Art is also a celebration of life itself, is joie de vivre, is drama, is pain and it is happiness. Artists look at the world through the prism of many colors and forms, not constricted by a sense of delimitation by humanity's chalk lines on the sidewalk. There is obviously more than one way to go through life, and artists chose far beyond stopping and smelling the flowers. Artists also have their own demons to contend with and some of them end up been portrayed in canvas and stone. I chose the path of creating, and dare to create. I do my homework, and I embark in my journey. It never gets old.

Marianne.

September 2010