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Title: Al (Gore)

ARTIST’S STATEMENT

When asked to address the issue of the future of America, and given the fact that I am a portrait painter, my thoughts immediately turned to Al Gore.

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No person has done more to set the agenda for the future of the health of our planet – climate change and the need to reverse greenhouse gas emissions, clean energy technology, energy independence and conservation including increased use of mass transit. He is a passionate crusader with much popular appeal. As America’s environmental conscience, he has made clear what efforts are necessary to reverse course and avoid global catastrophe. “Al Gore”, a jaquard tapestry woven in Belgium, is based on a Polaroid photograph taken when the then Vice President was running for President.
EXCERPT FROM THE INTERVIEW

I’ve always thought that problem-solving is highly overrated and that problem creation is far more interesting.

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If you ask yourself a personal enough question, your response is more likely to be personal, and that means that if you get yourself into trouble, no one else’s answers are going to be applicable and you’ll be flying by the seat of your pants and you’ll have to come up with something. In fact, my learning disabilities controlled a lot of things. I don’t recognize faces, so I’m sure it’s what drove me to portraits in the first place.
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  • http://www.facebook.com/people/Lisa-Kuntz/1482072531 Lisa Kuntz

    I love this! Creating problems is the only gateway to innovation

  • MJS

    I’m not sure that problem creation is something one would be proud of. If it’s meant to convey that one is bucking trends or challenging current thought, that’s one thing, but by leaving it fairly general, problem creation is something which unfortunately too many people engage in. I try to solve problems every day, rather try to guide people to solve their own problems, not trying to interject my own wishes or desires, but rather helping them find their own personalized solutions. Your response is always personal, even if it’s a reflection of someone else’s response, influenced by them, or derivative of their response. The quote above is indicative of the individualism in this country which has stymied our growth. Many are not open to help from others or to any form of constructive criticism, as they feel like any opinion, any act is as worthy as the next, which of course is a fallacy. Relativism works in physics, not so much in many other fields.

  • Ross

    I think that the act of coming out of the closet has been an enormous trap. Definitely a problem I’ve been wondering about. Like whether or not I’ve misdefined myself to everyone I hold dear.
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