(PRIZE: Two art prints of your choice and a few stickers. No entry-fee, but donations are always appreciated).
CONTEST OPEN BETWEEN: 9/6/2011 – 10/15/2011
Enlighten us. A good philosophy is developed upon using the scientific method. It should be built upon, scrutinized and amended as other ideas are discovered. The rewritable philosophy of Enlightened Romantic Nihilism is a ladder in which rungs are constantly added, subtracted, and rearranged, just as we human beings ritually add and remove nuances of fashion, taste, and worldviews; it is all expression. At ERN, we believe that expression is perhaps the most important thing the person has in his existential armory. It allows us to transmute the inner-world, to turn perceptual experience into its physical equivalent – freezing our fears, wishes, hopes, tendencies, vulgarities onto paper – something, that in many cases, will survive us. But why do you think you create art? We seek expression and don the boxing gloves of paint and palette as a reflex to death, but is the canvas simply a location for the ego to repose or something more altruistic, something that will survive us and impact future generations?
Here is the question: Does the inner cry of the artist cleave to bricklaying upon the empire of ego, the precognitive commitment to the cult of “Look at me Mom!”, or is it a cry to take the world by the collar and show people life through a unique lens? Can it be both – and if so, how? Or is it something far different?
We want your fearless opinions and personal philosophies, as artists. In October, we will judge these submissions for indelible style and thoughtfulness. The award will be (2) matted art prints of your choice plus a few of our wickedly awesome stickers. Lastly, and most importantly, your philosophy will be published and megaphoned on our website and our end of the year flesh-and-blood publication.
Please keep your submissions between 250-1000 words in length.
Visit the website: www.enlightenedromanticnihilism.com
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