Whatever you views are on government, and not even getting into types of government, it has been made quite clear from the treatment of Julian Assange in the past few days that anybody who comes along and threatens from the outside will be have all the forces of judicial hell flung after them. Yes, the allegations are serious, and whether the honey trap theory is correct or the Mick Jagger of journalism who couldn't get enough satisfaction is correct, it makes no difference. In the eyes of most observers, the sexual allegations will of course go hand in hand with the release of the documents - from one angle, JA has been stung. From another, those damn liberals are all perverts! But I see this firstly as a mistake of wikileaks - how could they ever have expected not to be attacked for what they are doing. it is as plain and simple as that. Do you think that you could just hang out all the dirty washing and no one was going to complain. That is not to say that what they did was wrong - in my view, good government should be open government (best government would be no government, but that is a story and revolution for another day perhaps) - and should be held accountable for its mistakes - something that unfortunately has not happened enough in recent years (but should that be government of individuals?) - but come on wikileaks - the moment JA became the public face of the organization was the moment the duck began to fly and the hunter had something to aim for. If, on the other hand, wikileaks had of stayed somewhat faceless, it would not have garnered the respect that is bestowed upon it now - by supporter and foe alike. In fact, I would hazard a guess to say that it would have been attacked something along the lines of the faceless terror organizations dotted around the world today - faceless, cowardly, moral less etc etc - hide in the reeds and have the hunter gossip about you and let your credibility seep away - or fly and take the flak. ( will be interesting to see the circus surrounding the arrest of the 16yr old hacker in the Netherlands - the "evil face" of anonymous!). Must we fight from the shaddows at times? In some obscure way, I think it comes down to trust. Trust for your enemy, and in yourself, that you know the fight is on, and you know dirty tricks will be played, but at least we can look at each other in the same playground.

ramblin ramblin....

yellow and blue sad figure

two prints, again from the same screen but different presses. I did these a while ago and then saw in a shop window a similar style and figure selling for 1600dk or so - and that was for a proper machine print. I am selling my for around 850 and they are original - If you are looking at these and want to get, then get in contact. Price includes a frame but not shipping.







I don't know where these could hang (your house!) but enjoy the bright yellow contrasting with the eyes.
Printed on A3 with spray paint and felt tip pen.

Took the bull by the balls and approached a little coffee shop that has opened up around the corner from where I live - 35 years old and still not bold enough to take rejection on the chin - so I start with a little coffee shop...

Here is a collage of four prints - accidentally made as a series, I am still not sure whether I want to keep the four together or split it up. If I split it up, then only one, perhaps two, of the prints can stand on their own. Each print is made on an A3 sheet with spray paint, acrylic and felt tip pen. The candlestick reference has something to do with the shape in all of the prints, but seen predominately on the red print - this comes from the drawing exercise of drawing what can be seen as a candlestick or two faces looking at each other.