The Murder of Imagination

Outlined on 8.5x11 and 14x17 50lb sketch paper.
Sketched on 14x17 Canson 65lb Universal Sketch Paper
Inked with Sakura Pigma MICRON Archival Pens (005-05)
Coloured Penciled with Sargent Art Colour Pencils and Prismacolor Cool and Warm Grayscale Markers
Oiled with Pro Art Jumbo Oil Pastels

This artwork has many meanings behind it. What meaning(s) do you find? What kind of reaction did you get from viewing this piece?

My Meaning:

When I made the concept of this I wanted something to really stand out when it came to how we have progressed in the mind over the last 50 years. I did want to account for the last 2000+ years in the past but that would make it seem like we've made no progress beyond the days Before the Common Era.

Although I do think we are doing a great job in certain areas of progression through the latest events that have happened in history, certain aspects are still left stagnant and have left many creators/contributors far and beyond the art realm from really seeing a true progress in humanity.

Many variables/reasons are in such stagnation: Education, energy, concept of living, monetary (which personally I think we can do without in total...money is such a burden -.-), and even culturally.

There is a massive, great hill that is in our reach yet with our own inane squabbles we well yet see the great and positive progress that is trapped in almost every human mind in the world.

Why don't we unleash the power of what the imagination holds for us more than what we are capable of unleashing right now?

This meaning, of course, is all ideological. Once again I am not speaking ill of the many positive progress we have made, but I do feel as a human species we have many progressions waiting that can be seen today instead of tommorow.

Let your imagination run wild and seek out the best in you and for humanity.

戦球護チャズ (c) 2011