PROJECT STATEMENT
The combination of our ability to imagine ideal forms and our culture's obsession with perfection tends to isolate us by pushing us into dishonesty and competition. When somebody is willing to see things as they really exist, particulary when one is honest with themselves, they leave the limits of their expectations and start seeing the beauty of fullness. They recognize their rough spots and become gracious toward the rough spots in others. Honesty is contagious and it spreads appreciation for what we have and encourages confidence in our unique attributes. Perfection is not found in flawlessness, but rather in the collection of honest people who each bring unique experiences and perspectives into the whole.
Creative work is a way to understand each other and compare experiences but, as any other thing of worth, has been controlled and exploited for the individual instead of existing as a communal practice. It presents an opportunity for commerce and thus the system of distributing creative work that we are familiar with is one that is designed around being profitable. A value system based on what will and will not sell devalues the essential idea of creating things in the first place; to say that one painting is worth a hundred dollars while another is worth a thousand is to say that expressing one thing is more valuable than expressing another. It places emphasis on product rather than process and says that if one cannot create something that meets ideals and standards, it is better to not create at all. Art is a unique and important form of communication and a competitive system devalues it for both those making and those experiencing creative work.
This website is a project with the goal of collecting honest pieces of thought and creative work from all, not only those who consider themselves to be artists in the traditional sense. Hard copies will be available later but for now, the record is only available by participating in the project.