Democracy
[dih-mok-ruh-see]
noun
government by the people; a form of government in which the supreme power is vested in the people and exercised directly by them or by their elected agents under a free electoral system.

Model
[mod-l]
noun
A person or thing regarded as an excellent example of a specified quality.

Do you obey the law? Even when the law is wrong? Do you set a good example to your fellow citizens and conform to the demands of your society’s rules when the only way to improve your society is in opposition to those laws? Would you have stood against the laws that legitimised slavery? Would you have stood against the laws that witheld the vote from women?
The ‘law of the land’ is established primarily by those that benefit most from it; it is only changed when a challenge is made to that establishment’s perceived entitlement of authority. And the self-perceived masters rarely like being reminded that they are, in fact, servants.
When the citizen feels subordinate to the public servant representatives they elect, then it’s time for a new model of citizenship.

Or just continue doing as you’re told.

‘a cold cell’, compressed charcoal,conte and charcoal on paper, 42 x 42 cm 2018

‘falling on a bruise’, compressed charcoal, pastel and spraypaint on paper, 42 x 42 cm 2018

‘cave of roses’, compressed charcoal,conte and charcoal on paper, 42 x 42 cm 2018

‘sailing through’, compressed charcoal,conte and charcoal on paper, 42 x 42 cm 2018

‘master and servant’, compressed charcoal,conte and charcoal on paper, 42 x 42 cm 2018

‘au coin du monde’, compressed charcoal,conte and charcoal on paper, 42 x 42 cm 2018

‘pilgrim’, compressed charcoal,conte and charcoal on paper, 42 x 42 cm 2018

‘ravenous’, compressed charcoal,conte and charcoal on paper, 42 x 42 cm 2018

‘while you were out’, compressed charcoal,conte and charcoal on paper, 42 x 42 cm 2018

‘first dark ride’, compressed charcoal and spraypaint on paper, 42 x 42 cm 2018

‘who by fire’, compressed charcoal,conte and charcoal on paper, 42 x 42 cm 2018

‘tonight we fly’, compressed charcoal,conte and charcoal on paper, 42 x 42 cm 2018

‘further back and faster’, compressed charcoal and spraypaint on paper, 42 x 42 cm 2018

‘who’ll fall’, compressed charcoal and spraypaint on paper, 42 x 42 cm 2018

‘someone said goodbye’, compressed charcoal,conte and charcoal on paper, 42 x 42 cm 2018

‘the land of do what you’re told’, compressed charcoal, pastel and spraypaint on paper, 42 x 42 cm 2019

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