
Category: Arteza
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Mixed Media still life. Art in progress -
I am not including Day One as it is atrocious, and I’m hoping to redo it. Anyway, today’s slightly less terrible effort:
Drawing 
Inktober, Day 2. -

This artwork, however mediocre you might find it, has a special meaning to me. It was my last attempt at art before I made a serious suicide attempt. After I survived that, I promised myself I would finish it. A month on I finally have. -

Watercolour and pens -







I’ve loved this man’s work since Batman Begins. I loved that he was never just another villain who was killed by the end of the first movie. Before Marvel (I’m not a fan of the MCU, to put it mildly, but credit where it’s due, they out a stop to the annoying ‘one film then done’ formula) this was incredibly unusual, and Nolan made sure Cillian’s fun cameos were never wasted. Their film friendship produced great work.
I would complain at least once a year that neither of them had the most coveted of film prizes – the Academy Award.
Finally, this year, I got my wish. Oppenheimer isn’t just another Oscar bait film either. It makes it clear that J. Robert Oppenheimer let his ego blind him to the obvious truth – the US government had no intention of using the bomb as a last resort. And when understandable anger and horror rained down on America from the rest of the world, they predictably made Oppenheimer a scapegoat and ruined his reputation.
The film is an amazing condemnation of the US government’s predictable misuse of inventions and blaming the inventor for their fuck ups.
But while Oppenheimer may well be a victim in his own right, the film rightly refuses to exonerate him. As Emily Blunt’s Kitty harshly puts it “you don’t get to commit the sin, then cry that you are a victim too and expect us all to feel sorry for you.” After all, thousands of Japanese died in one of the most horrific ways imaginable. I do noy believe he intended that, but I do believe he allowed his ego to blind him to the obvious.
It’s a powerful work of art that is not afraid to ask difficult questions. And those are my favourite movies.
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I decided to do a personal piece. I don’t know why, I rarely talk about this side of myself. -


For various reasons, I’ve been unable to take part in or complete Inktober. So, I am determined to do so this year. Here are some of my purchases to help push me along the way, to give me a reason to complete it this year.
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Mixed media – Polychromos pencils, Acrylic paint. 


