Tezos

Calming River

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Pixelart • 300 x 420 squares 8-bit colour • with 1 extra opaque layer 3000 x 4200 px • PNG file • • • Do you have that fear of not being able to keep up to your past milestones and promises? In our current world that worships incremental growth, it’s almost obligatory for us to keep the invisible hands of our peers; family, friends, colleagues, pleased and entertained. Something that’s very natural, and dearly needed for one’s well-being— giving us enough pressure and incentive to be better. To be stronger. The imminent craving for us to outgrow ourselves made us look up to those who inspires us, to those whom we put our trust and aimed our goals in accordance to their relative place. Most of the times, the stars up there are very bright and vivid— made us know where to go, how to act, and hike to that place. But at times, they could appear very dim— made us lose our path, and ran in a tangent to the relative goals that we set ourselves in the start of our hike. My mother teaches me when the sky appear dark and dull, be it because of our dulled eyes, or be it the clouds of discord and misunderstandings— slow down, stay still. Listen to the sound of the things around us. The wind, the crickets, the mild stream of the river. Follow the river down the path of the mountain and take a good rest. When the stars are dim, the river will get us home. • • • I was kind of stuck on my art exploration recently, after multiple failed attempts on recreating the feel of vintage quasi-woodblock art style, making me feel a little nervous and anxious whether if I has lose it. Thankfully I stopped my futile attempts in time, and coincidentally just happen to ran across Darryl Kirchner’s (Bases) amazing “Montana” photo. It fuelled me back to life. The main frame of this piece is based on Darryl’s “Montana”. Thank you, friend. Michael Alexander, Indonesia, 2022

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