O mundo é povoado e dominado pelos miseráveis.
A miséria humana reside na fome e na ganância.
Faces da mesma miséria.
Quem pode tem um vestido, quem não pode o produz.
Não haverá paz enquanto crianças morrerem de fome e dormirem entre ratos.
Enquanto o bem estar de poucos não de transformar em bem estar de todos.
Enquanto houver miséria intelectual, moral, ética, haverá miséria material e humana.
Proletariado de todo o mundo, uni-vos.
Desperta; o vestido vermelho é de todes.
Strange times.
We believed to be the alpha species on this planet but we look the other way for a second and there we are, fragile, scared, subject to a tiny teeny virus. And no, it was not a little flu. It was a wake up call to make humans understand the kind of society we have become. We are predators, vicious, egocentric, primitive, violent beings and we take pride on destroying our own planet. Earth is trying to get rid of us. The few of us that can have the luxury of staying in a safe and decent home, with food, peace and comfort, don’t care about the vast majority of vulnerables, who are exposed to despair, hunger and death. Let’s face it: We are no good.
We are still sitting around, thinking about our next vacations and acquisitions, we are still worried about what kind of phone and car we can conquer before our neighbour, not realising the bigger message this weird times are trying to imprint on us. It is time for awakening. It is time to understand that there is no Planet B and if we don’t start behaving in a more conscious, sustainable and holistic way, the planet will succeed on getting rid of us and, before the new dawn, nature will take over again, seeking back it’s balance. We don’t own the planet, it owns us.
Well done Earth! I am on your side.
It was about time, we needed to be stopped, so new flowers could start blooming again on our sidewalks.
Once in a blue moon…
we turn 50.
Right and Left
We need to understand sides
and realize why they co-exist
Do what is necessary, right
Before nothing else is left
We need to enter, transit
Allow
we all
To Be.
Life is our home
and everyone
Should be able to live.
LM
Living room and kitchen*
Diptich, acrylics on canvas, 2020
Luciana Mariano
Never easy to go back.
But let’s make the best out of it.
Painting available for sale: Chilling (c)
Humanity needs, urgently, to reconsider its values, reasons, actions. Most of us still believes that we are separated by gender, class, nationality, race. Most of us still believes in religion, a savior god outside of our own selves. We are still struggling against racism, feminicide, abuse, violence, bigotry, xenophoby, homophoby, prejudice, poverty. Humans are humanity biggest enemy. We burn our forests, we exterminate our fellow beings, we destroy nature and idolize money, assets, status, while we bluntly ignore pain and injustice.
2021, 21st century and we have not been this primitive not even when we used to live in caves and had to hunt wild beasts for living. We are savages wearing famous brands and making selfies to post on social media.
I hope things change.
I hope snowball wars are the only hardships we still have to handle.
Happy new year.
Snowball War – diptych – original art available.
We are subjects to fake news on a daily basis. We have been drowning in lies for way longer than it would possibly be considered normal. Lies are not, never normal. Nor healthy. It shows deep sickness in society. It disguises the lowest forms of manipulation for the benefit of a few. It is the sign of greed and evil in its most disgusting way. We are not only fed with lies, but we help to spread it, as a deadly virus. Corona makes fewer victims than Fake News. They say: “A lie, told a million times, become the truth” – but in virtual social media times, a few likes and shares are enough to sink deeply and overtake less smart brains and become a pandemic of lies and misinformation. People have no filter, not enough information and education to differentiate right from wrong anymore. We see poor people defending rich people´s interests. We see women obeying and complying to misogyny and prejudice. We see minorities allowing their opressor to absurd acts of cruelty and violence. Fake news become justifiable knowledge for idiots. And we see all of them worshipping the very knife that will stab their own flesh, sooner or later.
Networking is easy
You use your strenghts
A good sense of balance
Dashing personality
Social skills
Top physical condition
A bit of charm
Mental capacity
Reherse. Repeat.
Learn your environment.
Understand your peers.
Improvise.
You will need some experience too
Perhaps a pinch of oil and glitter
A lot of practice
Music can help
But some times it disturbs
Good bones
Accesorize
Perfect hygiene
Strategic thinking
A nice hair cut might help
Artsy performance
Stretchy muscles
Sculptural hips
Aesthetical conception
Math skills
Political awareness
Technological talents
Long eyelashes.
Learn to pray.
Learn some jokes too.
Speak several languages
Floss regularly
Eclectic taste helps
Acquire some popular and erudite knowledge
Wear a deodorant.
Offer a pleasant smile
Stay quiet
Speak if you need
Breath in
Breath out.
But above all:
Be flexible, resilient
and have some sense of humor.
Original art work available, get in touch!
Luciana Mariano 2020 (c)
This time, an imaginary delight.
Wishful thinking of a petit comité
of huge proportions
Important beautiful characters
Human, powerful,
Intelligent, historical
Sitting together
Having tea (or coffe)
and cake on an idle late afternoon.
Time doesn’t need to exist
In art.
We can make it timeless
and promote epical meetings
of extreme tenderness
and powerful ideas.
Words, colors and stories
that validate existences
justify legacies
understand dreams
allow differences
encourage poetry
permit beauty
Offer truth.
We don’t ask for much
but we want everything;
We deserve way more
than everything we’ve gotten so far
and we wait for no one
to give it to us.
We are the first, second
And all of the possible sexes
We wear black, pink
Scarves and flowers
blue or nothing
and we walk
with dignity
and integrity
More than anyone
that ever walked
before us.
We fight for justice and ideals
We demand voice and place
we cherish equality and opportunity
we search for meaning.
We are the pain, the power
and the peace
that gives life a chance.
We sit together, just because we can.
Just because art brings us all together.
In art all is possible, even the simplest things
as coffee (or tea) and cake
on an idle late afternoon.
Luciana Mariano (c) 2020
Artwork: Frida and Angela having tea (or coffee) at Simone’s place.
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