Oil on Canvas
33x33cm
 
Join me as I travel back and forth through time in the search of freedom and liberty... (Part of the Design the Future Collection)
 
What is freedom as a human experience? Is the desire for freedom something inherent in human nature? Is it an identical experience regardless of what kind of culture a person lives in?
Why is it then for many a cherished goal and for others a threat?
 
Freedom is so personal to our sense of self, that it is also the most controversial to define. Humanity and culture have developed from societies with centralized powers and little individual freedom into growing decentralized ways of governance and distribution of information. For much of human history, people thought of freedom not as protecting individual rights but as ensuring self-rule and the just treatment of all. The rise of modernity brought about the triumph of a new idea of liberty. Today most people think of freedom as a matter of individual liberties and, in particular, of protection from the intrusions of big government and the state.
 
This quest has become so deeply rooted in the human experience that many symbols, Gods and stories have been devoted to convey it.
 
The French Revolution put an end to the French Monarchy, feudalism, and took power from the Catholic church. It brought ideas of liberty and freedom to Europe. General eagle and General Cuckoo are ordering the money of the people to cut off the head of the crown. The butterfly symbolizes transformation and change.