Art is Desire

The first picture depicts the basic desire of most artists: the desire to escape the world, even if it is just for a little bit.  In the end, we all look to the sky and have this hope we can fly and never look back at the earthly conflicts that drown us.  In contrast, the second picture shows the complete opposite of desire: apathy.  Even in repulsion, we have a desire to get away from the object of our disgust.  In apathy we have no desire to do anything.  So, in the contrast to craving the sky, the second picture depicts the desire for nothing and the concern for nothing at all.

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