I love revisiting art, books, and films. You often grow and interpret things differently or catch some subtlety. Jenny Holzer's truisms are a perfect example of work that reads way differently to me than when first introduced. I'm more of a jaded cynic now than I was in art school.
My desk jockey days have changed my perspective on several of these trusisms. | A LOT OF PROFESSIONALS ARE CRACKPOTS |
| ABSOLUTE SUBMISSION CAN BE A FORM OF FREEDOM |
| ABUSE OF POWER COMES AS NO SURPRISE |
| ACTION CAUSES MORE TROUBLE THAN THOUGHT |
| ALIENATION PRODUCES ECCENTRICS OR REVOLUTIONARIES |
| AT TIMES INACTIVITY IS PREFERABLE TO MINDLESS FUNCTIONING |
| BOREDOM MAKES YOU DO CRAZY THINGS |
| CONFUSING YOURSELF IS A WAY TO STAY HONEST |
| DREAMING WHILE AWAKE IS A FRIGHTENING CONTRADICTION |
| EXPIRING FOR LOVE IS BEAUTIFUL BUT STUPID |
| HUMANISM IS OBSOLETE |
| HUMOR IS A RELEASE |
| IT IS MAN'S FATE TO OUTSMART HIMSELF |
| LACK OF CHARISMA CAN BE FATAL |
| LOVING ANIMALS IS A SUBSTITUTE ACTIVITY |
| MUCH WAS DECIDED BEFORE YOU WERE BORN |
| MURDER HAS ITS SEXUAL SIDE |
| OFTEN YOU SHOULD ACT LIKE YOU ARE SEXLESS |
| PEOPLE WHO DON'T WORK WITH THEIR HANDS ARE PARASITES |
| ROMANTIC LOVE WAS INVENTED TO MANIPULATE WOMEN |
| SLIPPING INTO MADNESS IS GOOD FOR THE SAKE OF COMPARISON |
| SLOPPY THINKING GETS WORSE OVER TIME |
| TAKING A STRONG STAND PUBLICIZES THE OPPOSITE POSITION |
| THE IDEA OF REVOLUTION IS ADOLESCENT FANTASY |
| THE MOST PROFOUND THINGS ARE INEXPRESSIBLE |
| TIMIDITY IS LAUGHABLE |
| WISHING THINGS AWAY IS NOT EFFECTIVE |
