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 withheld 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.

‘slipping again’, mixed media on paper, 90 x 90 cm, 2018

‘boys don’t cry’, compressed charcoal, pastel and spraypaintl on paper, 70 x 50 cm 2018

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

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

‘I heard a rumour’, mixed media on paper, 42 x 42 cm, 2019

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

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

‘cave of roses’, 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

‘a cold cell’, 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

‘pilgrim’, 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

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

‘Une Annee Sans Lumiere’, 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

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

‘take me back’, compressed charcoal,conte and charcoal on paper, 42 x 42 cm 2018

‘paycheck’, mixed media on paper, 70 x 50 cm, 2018

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

‘the kids are doing fine’, mixed media on paper, 42 x 42 cm, 2018

‘this morning’, mixed media on paper, 70 x 50 cm, 2018

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

‘bleed into me’, 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

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