my inspiration…

“It comes from within……From the desire to leave something behind…And make a little dent in this world! -To be more than just another dead B.A.S.E.-jumper!”

-Reiner Ebert.
‘The Black-bird of Ballycotton’ – oil on panel. 31×22.5cm.

#5. Dennis De Vries is a wonderful photographer, film-maker and storyteller!…..This is not my image – It is his!…I painted this painting from a photograph Dennis took. I was drawn to it and really wanted to paint it. I wanted to use it as an exercise, to try and paint in a ‘painterly’ way… It was intended to be a gift to him, as a small appreciation of the work he had put into our collaboration of the soon to be released documentary film, ‘Humilite’.

‘Sylvia’ – oil on canvas. 92×72.5 cm.

#10. Sylvia Ntombomzi Yengwa. Born 25-12-1960. Zwartwater-Queenstown, Eastern-cape. Staying in Kliptown Eldorado Park. – Johannesburg, South-Africa. Domestic worker.

When I was 17 – And at the end of the apartheid era in South Africa – My family moved from Tasmania, Australia, to Johannesburg. Sylvia was my grandmothers house maid. After Mama Katz died, she worked for one of my uncles. Since then, she has helped to raise three generations of the Katz family. Sylvia has three kids – Two boys and a girl. She put her eldest son through college on only her maids wage. I remember when I was a teenager how she would complain about how many coffees I drank and scold me and chase me out of the room for running all over her cleanly washed floor tiles. I visited South Africa in 2018 and introduced my wife to her – As they were standing taking photographs together, Sylvia was holding the bowl in her hand in this way – Immediately, I saw how powerful the composition was and impatiently, muttering under my breath, “Please don’t move-Please don’t move! – “Ok baby, please get out the way!”…And as my wife moved away, I hurriedly took this shot…I was proud to hand Sylvia a signed, framed print of this painting just before she retired last December…Her reaction was price-less! – She complained that I had painted her too black!

‘Le Roi du bricolage’ oil on acrylic on panel. (approx 3/4 life-size?)
‘Le Roi du bricolage’ oil on acrylic on panel. (approx 3/4 life-size?)

#11. The word C**t gets thrown around a lot these days….I mean, I swear a lot! – I can’t help it…I grew up in Australia and they all f*****g swear down there! However, I never really used the word c**t – I thought it was too ugly a word-even for me!……It only became part of my vocabulary when I started watching the ‘Spartacus’ series on Netflix a while back……However, after thinking about it quite a lot over the years- As you do! – I realised that the word c**t, is actually one of the best descriptive words in the English language! – See, if you break down what it is implying – You are taking one of the most deliciously beautiful things on the planet! – The female p***y!…And using it to juxtapose its polar opposite – The worst thing on the planet…It’s actually quite eloquently simple and to the point!……And sometimes in life, you come across someone who can only be accurately described by using that simple, yet perfectly formed, four letter word!

The reason I explain this to you is because my neighbor fits the bill perfectly. He is a short c**t! – Seriously!…He is a little person – Not a dwarf, but a Napoleon-type short man…I won’t say his name, however, it starts with a ‘J’ and ends with a ‘C’.(-unt)…..Anyway, the story goes like this……

In 2014 – The year before my wedding. I was in the process of renovating my house in France and finally met my neighbor a few doors down…I had been knocking on doors trying to return a cat that I had been feeding for the past week and that was beginning to get attached to me…It was time to find the owner! I don’t need that responsibility in my life right now… Ok – so I knock on his door and we hit it off straight away. I found out that he had bought his property the same year I had in 2009 and we were basically doing the same thing – He was building his house from scratch and I was renovating an old ruined farmhouse….His house was further along than mine and in the evenings after work, he would call me over for a few beers and would patiently help me to learn French, which I thought was really nice of him!…A couple weeks later he helped me for about a week or so to put up some heavy placo panels that were impossible for me to lift by myself. He did this work for free to help me get the upstairs livable before my marriage in 2015. I really appreciated his help. It was then I decided that I would show my appreciation by painting a picture for his house one day in the future. Over the next 6 years we became good friends – Or so I thought!!! – I helped him sanding and painting his house and cutting down trees…I admired the fact that he had built his grand bachelor pad with only a 60,000 Euro loan and his own two hands. It is truly an amazing house that normally he would not be able to afford if he didn’t build it himself. I also felt a bit sorry for him as he didn’t have a lot of money, so, over the years, I had given him many gifts – A new coffee machine and microwave when his broke. A brand new freezer that my wife didn’t like, two beautiful wooden Swiss wardrobes that my wife also didn’t like very much. A brand new wheel barrow when I saw his was rusted up and I had a spare that I wasn’t using…The list goes on and on….Spare building materials, safety harnesses for climbing on his roof etc:…Anyway, fast forward to 2019…I had just moved from Switzerland to France and I had almost finished the painting that had taken almost 3 years to formulate in my head. It was an ‘ode’ to his accomplishment – The cherry on top of his ‘house-cake’ per say!…After I arrived, it took me another few days to put the final touches on his painting…It had taken me four weeks to complete and I was excited to present it to him. I called him over and used my hands to blindfold him as I brought him into the room and positioned him behind my bed so he could be the right distance for the first viewing. When I took my hands away he was shocked! – And he started sobbing immediately! He cried for half an hour!- No one had done anything like this for him before and he was truly touched. It was surreal to watch a grown man sobbing like that! – But it was also the best compliment I have ever had!……That’s why the next turn of events seems so bizarre to me! Soon after I had given him the painting he was looking for a bit of work and offered to put in a sliding door for me – Explaining to me that it’s a job I shouldn’t tackle on my own because it was structural and there is a risk of the roof caving in and that professionals would charge me a lot…He sold me the stones to be used for the job, saying that each stone cost 85 Euros and that he was selling them to me for 20 Euros each. I originally wanted to save money and do the job myself – But I reluctantly took his offer, as I also wanted to help him out by allowing him to make some money. He then asked me for an advance of 130 Euros, which I gave him straight away. Over the next few weeks as he was explaining the work to be done, it became apparent to me, that he actually hadn’t done this particular type of work before like he had implied. I became concerned and decided against doing the work for the moment…It could wait. It was around this time that the house directly next to mine had been sold. He started to hang around more with the new neighbors and was proudly showing off my painting to all of his friends and family. As the weeks went on things took a turn……He didn’t like the name of the painting. I had called it ‘Le Roi du bricolage’ – Which means ‘The king of D.I.Y’ – I named the painting this because I had set up the shot for the painting a few years earlier in his bedroom using a wooden chair that he had hand-made in his youth… Like I mentioned earlier, he is a man of small stature and when he sat in his chair it kinda looked like he was sitting on a throne. I had been inspired to paint this scene by the long nights we both spent in front of the warm glow of the fire, drinking beer and smoking joints with him teaching me French. He didn’t like the name because he took offense to the word ‘bricolage’ (D.I.Y)…….He said that the work on his house was a professional standard and not a D.I.Y job. I explained that while I agreed, it didn’t matter if his work was professional or not as he was not a professional and the name was actually meant as a compliment to him – As it suggests that he is the king of the ‘D.I.Yer’s’. We actually argued over that as he wanted to change the name to ‘La pause’ (‘The break’ ). I protested, F**k that s**t! – Naah!- That’s some buuull-s**t!!! – I put my foot down. F**k you! – I thought to myself…..Anyway, that was unexpected…But I let it go…A while later, as I would often ask if I could take a look and see how my painting was drying – He would tell me not to call it my painting!!! – WTF!!! …..But it is my painting!…I mean it’s not my property – I gave it to him – But it is my painting in the same way that a Rembrandt is a f*****g Rembrandt! I explained this to him and we argued over this also. F**k you again!!, You ungrateful little c**t!……(See how good of a word c**t is!)……During the 6 years I had known him he had lived alone and was quite a humble and polite little person, but now things seemed different. Still, I let it go and continued helping him. One day we were working outside and I was using his rusty old wheelbarrow. I asked him why we are not using the wheelbarrow I gave him years earlier. He then told me with a straight face that it was not he who I had given the wheel barrow to. I couldn’t believe it! – WTF??!! We began to argue about that as I reminded him about the freezer and microwave and all the other stuff as well. He continued to deny the fact that I had given him all but the wardrobes. Well f**k me up the arse with a spiky glass dildo! – I guess that is what he is trying to do! – Never in my life would I think that this would happen! – I mean we had shared many a good time and now he is looking me directly in my eyes and lying to my f*****g face!…And after I had just given him this gift!…Does he really think that he could convince me that I didn’t give him the things that I had so generously given him…All the stuff I gave him was worth at least a grand + the f*****g cash! – And now the painting!… Anyway this was the last straw. I wrote him a letter in French and put it in his mail box. I told him that I don’t want a friend who thinks he can lie to me and I asked him to give me back the tools I had lent him and to give me back the money I had given him as an advance for the job that he was incapable of doing. He said that he would…A month went by and I found out that the blocks he sold me cost 23 Euro each new – not 85 bucks!!!- And with straight edges! – Better than the shit ones he swindled me! – Cuuu*t!…Another month went by and I phoned him and asked him again for my tools and money. The next day he brought over my tools and said that the money would come the following month. It didn’t. So I phoned him again and he calmly said that he had thought about it and had decided that he had done plenty for me over the years and that he was keeping the money! – Can you f*****g believe that s**t!……Doesn’t he understand about karma??!! Anyway, I guess I got off lightly – You see, it got me thinking about all the times he told me about how he acquired things – Tools that he had taken from his previous employers, supposedly because they hadn’t paid him. – A cartridge of hand soap that he had taken from a restaurant dispenser -Just because it felt good on his skin…The warning signs were all there and I am thankful that I saw through him before I had fully unpacked all my s**t in my own house. I don’t want to allow a thief in my home! – A person who can justify stealing!…It sure was a close one! I realized that he must have been selling the stuff I gave him on ‘Le bon coin’ website and didn’t want to tell me in order to keep the goods coming in. – Little f****r!……Later, out of curiosity, I googled ‘Napoleon syndrome’ and you know what! – It’s Textbook s**t folks!…..It describes little men feeling inadequate around normal size men. Apparently, they compensate by achieving grand things – Hence the ‘grand-house-for-one’……Usually they remain humble and avoid confrontation because of their small stature. However! – And this is the kicker!……When their ego is elevated, they can become arrogant and nasty. Well there you have it…The little c**t’s got a small dick – Goes shopping for clothes in the kiddies section and he’s got a complex about it. – That Napoleon must have been a right C**T of a fellow!. The painting I gave him must have made him feel big around his friends and his ego went through the roof!…Ok , so the little p***k has my painting and he thinks that he’s got the last laugh. Well, you know what they say! – Revenge is sweeter than a mother-f****r!……But this isn’t a story of revenge! It’s a story of how life works. And I’m an artist that draws inspiration from my life’s experiences. When I made that painting for him , it was genuinely made with love. I wrote on the back in French ‘Merci J…-…C…..Tu est un vrai homme’ , -(‘Thankyou J…-…C…….You are a real man’ ). I wrote these words in appreciation of his help and friendship. I take those words back now! He is not a real man. He is a fraud! But it’s OK!. Keep the painting little man! – Keep the 130 Euros as well!…I still have the reference photos from the shoot we did. And now I am inspired to paint you again. You sure are a dumb little c**t! – Don’t you know that oil paintings last for hundreds of years! – Your name will carry on and people will surely know who you are. My next painting of you will be called ‘Le Roi de la tromperie’ – (‘The king of deception’ ) (*)- Together, these paintings will be my first dyptic- That’s cool as f**k by the way!……It’s just a pity I didn’t get the exact measurements of ‘Le Roi du bricolage’, or get a chance to put on the final varnish to bring back the sunken colors……Oh well!

*After considering this over the last few years. I’ve decided that I won’t create the painting ‘Le Roi de la tromperie’ (even though it would have been a f*****g cool one to do!!) ….I realise that it would probably be a semi-spiteful undertaking and would serve no real purpose. It has been quite a few years now since- And it is possible that he could have changed as a person. …Instead, I choose to forgive him.

‘Nature’s Remedy’ -Acid trip #209. oil on canvas – 92x73cm

#19. Well, I’ve gone and outdone myself this time!- Haven’t I?…I absolutely cannot wait to varnish this b***h!……F**k me! – I’m so very happy to have arrived at this level – At only my 19th oil painting! – And with way less than a years amount of time with a brush in my hand!…That basically makes me kinda like a child prodigy! – Yes people!….I am a 43 year old child!…..Most of the work is mental and takes place in your mind – That’s why I can go off for months on end working on the house and then come back and pick up a brush and be better than before. -And this certainly was a very mentally draining piece! – It took me 9 days working on average 6.5 hours a day…For a total of 59 hours!…And it felt Oh-so fluid and natural!- Man! – It’s all coming together! – I realize now that painting is kinda like f*****g a chick! – You just gotta have a stiff brush and make sure you use a variiiiiety of strokes!!!……I told you mother f*****s I was gonna be the next big s**t in town!! – And I f*****g meant it!!…..If I were you rich c***s out there! – I’d forget about Bit-coin – That ship has sailed!…..I’d be looking to invest in Reiner f*****g Ebert!!! …..’Cos I’m just getting started folks! – And you ain’t seen nothin’ yet!!

……So it had been quite a while since the previous time…I had been working so hard….And thought I deserved to take a quick break and to go on a little trip!….Then when I came back, I decided to paint the start of my journey…… Hey- listen people!… L.S.D is f*****g awesome!!!….It’s just a fact! …If I ever had a chance to go up to Mars on Elon’s rocket – And he was like “Hey, Mr Ebert – Excuse me – Um, due to weight restrictions – you can only take one type of drug with you- Sorry!”…Then I’d say ‘Bummer!” – And just settle to take about 5 litres of L.S.D!….Yes it is an illegal drug….But that’s only because the U.S military did some experiments on their troops with it and found, that the 100% natural compound, made their soldiers wanna hug and hold hands….Not in a gay way….They just wanted to connect on a deeper and more meaningful level with other people…..And that!- Went against the military industrial complex’s end game….Go check out the facts for yourself!……I cannot emphasize how extremely important to humanity I believe psychedelics in their various forms to be!…I believe that the only way humanity can reach it’s full potential, is if we come together and embrace our differences! …It is these differences that make us formidable! – And resilient! ….Governments and people in power, use these differences to try and keep us apart! -To keep the status-quo intact!…. If we are to evolve to become more than just technologically advanced homo-sapiens, still competing against and squabbling with one another, for the planets limited resources!…..Imagine what humanity can achieve if we all came together and saw the beauty and potential inside each and every one of our fellow man!!…And trust me, with psychedelics…It’s not just the visuals – Yes they are fun!!!….And- on a side note ladies and gentleman!…..If you enjoy orgasms as much as I do! – AND I F*****G DO!!!….’Cos when I’m super f*****g turned on!! – I have AB-SO-LUTE f*****g knee tremblers!!! – And I squirt a mile!!…..But that’s besides the point….If you want just as big an orgasm – Except for your brain! – F**k yeah!!!- Then hang on to your titties fellas! – If you want to blow your absolute f*****g mind!……And have a motherf*****g huuuuuge! Brain-gasm! – With a capital ‘B’…..Then get a hold of some Swiss quality Acid……And! – Click on this link! … https://www.youtube.com/c/PsychiTrip(*uh-oh!-Sorry!…YouTube killed his channel)..Make sure you use a big HD screen!…. Boy! you guys are in for a f*****g treat!!! – You’re all gonna thank me!!! ha, ha,ha!! (Two drops will do just fine! – Any more and I cant locate the right buttons on the remote – And that just f***s the whole thing up! – Also – Here’s a tip I’ve learned along the way – I now always try to never jerk-off or take a dump while on acid – It always ends up getting messy!!)……Anyway enjoy!….Now, where was I?….Oh yeah!….It’s not only about the visuals – Although L.S.D does benefit your sight -Fact!….Scientific tests were conducted where people were chosen to distinguish between two straight lines – One was ever so slightly straighter than the other…..It was only the people who had recently taken acid that were able to see the almost microscopic-level difference between the two seemingly, perfectly straight lines…. Anyway, I’m losing the main point again….Listen people! – The REAL! – And LIFE CHANGING! benefit of L.S.D. is by the subtle way that it allows you to process new thoughts in your mind!…..Just think about that for a moment!…..That’s some powerful s**t right there!!! – We are all social creatures!….Subconsciously influenced by the masses!……The majority are weak minded sheep! ……If you are one of them!…..If you are a c**t and you cant help yourself….If you are a bigot or a racist! – Or just the average dumb-f**k! …..Living your life lying to yourself!…..Unsatisfied! and unhappy with who you are! – If you want to unplug from the matrix but don’t know how!…..If you want to Evolve:- grow or change into something better!…. – Then here’s how people. …… With a little Peace! and Love!

*Even though I have a lot of experience taking drugs over the years. My opinions on drug-use in society has now changed. Please stay tuned for future artworks delving further into this subject.

The death of one man is a tragedy….The death of a million is a statistic”.

-Joseph Stalin.

Spare them no profit, destroy them no loss.

-Pol Pot. …Khmer Rouge slogan.

“Would it not be easier in that case for the government. To dissolve the people and elect another?

-Bertolt Brecht, “The solution”, 1953.

“{Every new generation grows up not witnessing the lies and deceit within the government of the generation before}…-It is the perfect scam! – You can use the same play-book and the same lies, over and over again!…You get the money! – You get the power! – And you get Them!”

-/Reiner Ebert.

“…As long as our politicians and media outlets remain corrupted – I refuse to be politically correct!”

-Reiner Ebert.

“There are none so blind- as those who will not see”

-???.
‘WE THINK WE ARE FREE’ oil on panel. 31×22.5cm

#24. Do we know how bad it can get??……I mean…Are we? – Are you!…Truly aware?!

You know….For most of my life, I held pretty good – And higher than average paying jobs. I must say, it did feel good to be a rung or two up on the ladder, employment wise……However, as I transitioned in life and focused more on my goals of becoming an artist – I did find myself in a rather precarious and unfortunate position, – Where I simply had no other choice!… I was even grateful at the time ……And so,… I began – My 7 month stint, of working in an abattoir. …… And it wasn’t just any abattoir…This was a proper abattoir!…. -This was a f*****g French one!

The first day I arrived, I was given my apron and sent to my station – An elevated platform that can go up and down….Where I received my training by watching a man as he carefully and quickly used a pneumatic saw and two large knives to cut down from just above the dick, all the way down and through the neck of a huge motherf*****g cow, which was suspended upside down on two large hooks through each of its tendons on each of its ankles – Spraying us both from head to toe with bits of raw minced meat as he went. All the while, being extremely careful not to contaminate the flesh with the dirty hide as he worked. I stood on that platform shoulder to shoulder for the whole f*****g day and watched 600 cows go by one after the other at a reasonably slow pace, while getting a meat shower every time….I looked around at all the stations, 60 in total- 30 on each side of a long mechanized corridor, – Where other men were also making different incisions in specific areas of the the animal – Some men were skillfully and delicately collecting various cuts of meat, others taking off the ears or slicing the main throat artery to drain the blood, leaving the head hanging on one tendon… It took almost an hour for the huge animals to be processed in various ways as they slowly moved along the tracks. It was an incredibly efficient operation!…….Sooooo – It wasn’t for me!!…I told them at the end of my shift, no thanks!!- And then quit!…… A few days later I got a call from my agent and they told me they had another position. I took it- I was desperate! – These were covid times…And nothing could be worse than that! …This new position was basically in a freezer. F**k it was cold! And I hate the f*****g cold!….I grew up in the Southern hemisphere! – I thought I was done with all of that when I left Switzerland!..This job was much more physical….But I viewed it as exercise…You see, for 7 months I spent my days lifting and weighing and packing and moving the body parts of dead cows and pigs and sheep…I moved between 7 and 14 tons of meat a day!, mostly by myself….F**k those cows are heavy!!….It was hard work! But I didn’t mind that at all. I preferred it actually, as it made my 6 hour shift fly by. I f*****g hated it though!!….The f*****g smell! -There was no escaping it!… And the f*****g taste! – Man!, I’ve just about forgotten it….But it was bad!…The blood and piss and other rancid bodily smells hung thick in the air! – And it took no time at all for it to collect in your mouth and seep to the back of your throat!… I never swallowed!!- (ha, ha!- That’s what she says!)….F**k no!!!!….And I spent my time there always searching for a bin in a quiet corner where I could spit it out. – (ha, ha!- That’s what she does!) …When I finished my shift and went home…The metallic iron taste of blood came with me…And never left!…….I always try and find some good out of a bad situation – And so, I counted down my days, while trying to learn a thing or two about the industry….

I love learning about history. I find it fascinating!…All those stories!- Adventures!…Conflicts!….An endless tale of 117 billion lives lost to time. Everyone of them dead – Like the dinosaurs. It’s interesting to note all those people had the same size brain as me…The same heart that I have beating in my chest. …However, their time on earth was a much – much! harder and painful experience then mine! – And I am so very f*****g grateful for that!!!

By paying attention to history we gain a better understanding of how our species behaves in specific circumstances – And It also gives context to current events – Which is extremely important for us to know and helps guide us on how to think or view the events of our time correctly!

There’s an interesting paradox that I’ve noticed in life. – When you finally gain some wisdom – your younger self refuses to acknowledge it….Let me explain…The last few years…A few times now, when meeting and talking with a young stranger….I’ve looked into their eyes and seen that look…That f*****g look! – Man! – it pisses me off!….You know the one!….The look we used to give our school teachers when we dismissed them as being ‘old’ ….It got me thinking – You little s**ts! – What the f**k do you really know?!….But then after that thought….Fair enough! – I was almost the same!… I remember how it was being young…Downloading all the latest information and thinking about it all deeply, while trying to conceptualize it all…I remember there being a certain type of passion and excitement…Intensity is a better word!……You cant blame them. They mean well. But to think that just because you are young – Just because you have your ears and eyeballs buried in the latest news and updates -You know all the answers. It doesn’t work like that! – It doesn’t really mean s**t!…hmm?… I wonder if its a biological trait?? – This youthful naivety – This contempt for and dismissal of anything that is deemed to come from the ‘old folks’…..It’s cute – No wait its not!…..There’s something vital here, that we are missing!… It exists in tribal communities – A respect and reverance for the elders and an awareness of the need to acquire individual knowledge and wisdom…And is perhaps the reason the indigenous peoples of the world survived in their harsh lands for so long. A direct and immediate transfer of knowledge and wisdom – Made with a sense of urgency as dictated by the harsh environment…Often told and passed down in stories – (We humans do love a good story, don’t we! )….But how do we get OUR young people to listen and pay attention to the wisdom one acquires only with the humility imposed on us over time??…..See! – There is an untapped resource in our youth!!……. A vibrant energy! – Just look at them!… Enthusiasm!…Good intentions!…Desire for positive change!….But while they are full to the brim with confidence and go,go,go! – Most of them are pretty f*****g stupid! – ‘Woke’ my tiny arse-hole!- ….More like wholly misguided!!…Puppets!!….Full of unearned virtue!….They don’t realize it cannot be gained overnight!!……It takes Discipline, Sacrifice…Suffering even!… Not many people succeed!…(to quote someone I read this from) ‘There usually comes a time when we stop rebelling – And then in fact, become the very same people we used to rebel against!’ …The issues they are passionate about are nuanced and require consideration… Misguided social justice can be a dangerous thing!!- And it will undoubtedly turn tyrannical!…..Sooo, how do we bring together the wisdom of the elders and combine it with the powerful and useful energy of our youth?? – So that we can have a generation of young people who are fired up and full of wisdom and who now have the right tools to affect positive change and make an impact in the world…..I’ve been thinking about this ‘school teacher paradox’ for a while now and all I can come up with is that as we age – We must try – No!- We MUST! become the kind of ‘old folks’ our youth respects and admires …..If we go through life holding on to our chore values – Strengthening our character and holding ourselves to task!….Constantly updating our awareness of whats going on in the world around us!…..Then maybe we can command their respect and adoration even?….And if we can command their respect and adoration – Then we can command their attention?….And if we can command their attention. – Then they will listen to us?!… And when they listen to us. – We can impart on them, our knowledge and wisdom that we should have absorbed as we actively take part in this world!….This is crucial!…For in order to not make the mistakes of the past, we must learn from them!……However, this is a difficult thing for us to do- As it is only the few ‘old folks’ who remain…Who remember!….And who have lived through those times! – Those cruel times! – Those dreadful times when our dark sides reigned!

I was born 3 years after the Vietnam war was over. My only exposure to war while growing up was watching the occasional episode of ‘M.A.S.H’ on T.V. ….I didn’t really learn about the events that took place then, in Vietnam, until I was in my early to mid 20’s…..And when I did. I was so disappointed in the human race. …Learning about the many despicable ways a normal human person could torture and kill another human…Men doing that to children even! – And finding pleasure in the act!… Keeping score – Like it was a competition of sorts…. It was truly gut wrenching to fathom!….Then to realize that it wasn’t a foreign culture doing this!…It was mine! …I remember watching a documentary called Winter Soldier’ …It was the first time I was truly shocked and horrified!..I’ll never forget it! – And I would highly recommend everyone watch it!…It will show you exactly how bad we all are inside!!…I’m not f*****g kidding either!! – Don’t be naive thinking you are not like them! Desperation brings out the animal inside us all!!….(You think you’re not a cannibal or a killer!- Ok!…Just wait until you are reee—ally hungry and it’s a matter of life and death!…There have been many- many mothers who have eaten their own babies in the many holocausts of the 20th century!)……We need to understand and accept this!..It is better to confront this animal and bring it to heel.- Then maybe we can keep it in check!…Control it even! – And use the threat of its power for good!…The world could definitely use some good dangerous men right about now!!!…..After watching ‘Winter Soldier’, I vowed I would never allow myself to go to war!…Forcefully or willingly. I would rather go to prison or die!- (But would probably end up ‘borrowing’ a boat and making my way to Iceland- I hear the women there are pretty f*****g hot!..Wait!- Or was that Norway??)…Anyway……War is designed to bring the worst out in a person! No one escapes the torture!- Neither the people subjected to it nor the people who have to live with themselves after inflicting it upon others.

We think we are free. But we have no idea! … The script was written eons ago. The Characters are practiced with time. The elites have always known how to manipulate the masses. It has been studied numerous times throughout the past!…In the 1930’s Sigmund Freud’s work was sold to corporations and used to manipulate – “Don’t try and convince them that they need this…They are too smart for that….Instead – Tell them it will make them feel better”….And so it began….Then, in the 1950’s after the horror of the holocaust – The US government was super interested to find out exactly why those ‘God- fearing’ Christians allowed their government to commit those crimes….The many Milgram ‘electric shock’ experiments that followed taught them that basically 7 out of 10 people will willingly obey any commands given by someone who is deemed to be in authority….They are learning even more!…..Most recently, – In all the f*****g Peta-bytes of data that’s being collected every 60 seconds, on each and every one of us!….They know our every thoughts!- Our every desire!…Our every move! …Or lack-there of it!

When I was 21 years old, I was working as a drillers offsider for an exploration drilling company. I used to drive those big rigs in the Australian outback…On those long corrugated roads. You have to drive fast to make it less bumpy. I’ve killed a lot of kangaroos in my time…(I’d say roughly about 31)- You just can’t stop those heavy trucks that easily!….You just shout to them through the window – “Oi – Get the f**k out the way Skippy!!”….Ooops!- Another one!…It’s like hitting a person. – (Although I’ve never done that!)….Even in an 18 wheeler – You feel the bump!…… It’s a pain in the arse actually – As you have to go to the trouble to get out the f*****g high pressure hose and spray down the underside of the truck a.s.a.p -Before the guts and s**t starts to stinks in the hot sun….Kangaroos are not dumb. they are agile enough and try and get out of the way. It’s the f*****g emus that are really stupid!!…..You could be doing 110 on these dirt tracks in the middle of no-where….Then quite far up in the distance – You can just about make out an emu running a head about 200 meters on the right side, parallel to the road. – Kicking up a big cloud of dust behind it as it moves along…You get closer coming up behind it, you can see it’s trajectory start to slowly merge with yours….Now – The one thing to know about Australian outback roads…They are f*****g long! And they are f*****g straight!…..You can go for hundreds of kilometers before noticing any kind of bend at all….Anyway, You see ‘big-bird’ up ahead…You know whats going to happen….It happens in a kind of slow motion!….You begin honking the horn repeatedly…”Come on! – You can do it….Turn you big fluffy pillow!…Turn!! ….Come on you dumb f*****g bird!!”- You mutter under your breath…..”Don’t be f*****g stupid! – I’m rooting for you!! – Can’t you see where you are headed??!!!…….It takes a while to catch up to this fast paced animal….Which is now single mindlessly headed toward it’s doom. Why do they do that??…Isn’t it obvious to this creature?? Why does it seem like it has a blindfold on?? why didn’t it notice me??….You feel sorry for it. There is nothing you can do about it – Except look in the side-mirror and watch as this dumb creature runs directly into the side of the truck and vanishes underneath in a large explosion and plume of feathers. If I was a sick c**t. I might even find it funny.

Do we know who our leaders are? – Where they are taking us??…Which path we are on?? – And where it leads??…Has the system they created, been designed to make our lives better? – Or to siphon public money into private and corporate pockets??………Do their words line up with their actions? – Their promises!!…..Have they succeeded in convincing us that we need them? – That we are powerless to do anything on our own. ….Are we so demoralized that we welcome any kind of distraction….Anything to cling on to our apathy….Anything to avoid facing the truth!…..Has the fake reality of our LCD screens become our only comfort??…..

Our flaw is in our social instinct to blindly follow other peoples lead – Just like the 7 out of 10 people in those experiments who willingly inflicted pain on others despite their pleas for mercy… Just because it was a man in a white-coat with a clip-board who was giving them the order…. But there is hope!!….That ‘flaw’ is also our salvation!! – Because as socially guided creatures – We have the potential as a human race to also be influenced and directed in the right direction!!….But in order for that to happen. We need to pull our heads out of the sand!……We need to pay attention to whats going on around us!…And what selfish killer instincts do actually lie inside all of us! We need to take responsibility for our lives – And each others! …We need to care!…Then we will realize that together, we do have power! …That in fact, the reason they are lying to us is because they are scared of us!….They know that when we come together we are unstoppable! – Like those brave people who successfully came together and spoke out to stop the Vietnam war!…And, thankfully! – Unlike that dumb bird that ran straight into the side of my truck – We do have the opportunity to change our trajectory!….We must!!- Because whether we like to admit it or not! – Like those cows in the abattoir – We have now become the commodity!….Once we realize that the people in power create cycles of small shocking events to keep us in a constant state of fear and confusion…’Shock’- Fear!- ‘Shock’- Fear!…So they can herd us all together easily and without complaint – So far it has worked! …This is is the first step of the incremental extensions towards totalitarianism!…It’s called mentacide! – The killing of the mind…Using the media to flood us with fearful and contradictory information, so that we remain feeling afraid and vulnerable….Helpless!….So that we willingly cede our power due to overwhelming feelings of hopelessness and therefore remain docile and compliant!…Keeping us Entertained! – Distracted! – Demoralized and Anesthetized! …And now they are urgently trying to add more digital controls to keep us under their thumb…They know that with the arrival of the internet we can actually come together to oppose them!! Are we fools to constantly believe their lies?!….Are we naive to believe that the elites have not been corrupted by power and their own feelings of self grandeur?!…They truly believe they have a right to impose their rule over us. They have developed a kind of ‘God complex’….As they have found a way to control the masses. You can tell how the elites view us by they way they address us! – Like we are children…Simple minded – Unable to look after ourselves. They have taken the power away from us by keeping us arguing over trivial things so we are distracted from their sleight of hand! …As they discreetly pass dubious laws to tie us up even tighter! – And steal more of our wealth! But we know in our hearts – We always have!!…We are just too afraid to admit it! …Perhaps we deserve it if one day we wake up trapped with no way out. – Perhaps!! – As it will be entirely our fault!….Why didn’t we act when we had the chance?!! – Soon technology will advance to the point where we WILL become completely powerless!!!….Can’t you feel it??!…Pay close attention to their lies!! – Don’t just dismiss them!!…How bad could it get??!!…..We don’t want to find out!! Would we allow ourselves to be penned in like sheep for the rest of our lives?? – Until there is no further use for us?!… Our lives! – Our futures! – In their corrupt hands!! Dig a little deeper and you will see!!…All the information is right there in front of us!!…..And now In this fast paced time of information mining and advanced technology. – Now more then ever, we need to heed the lessons of the past! Technology will only make it easier for them to finally one day – Silently ‘push the button’…Then it will be too late for us!……Remember who we are! – Who they are!…The most ruthless and dangerous animal that has ever existed on this planet!!….The same creatures that made those terrible mistakes years ago!…..Have we learned from the past?- How could we?… We didn’t live through those times! – Those terrible things happened to other , long dead people…We didn’t learn the hard way – yet!!!…

We need to carefully and thoughtfully sift through the information we are being fed and get a balanced perspective!!! – This will give us a better understanding and help us to make informed and wise choices…We need to hold our media outlets accountable!! – They have been bought!!… And have traded their moral obligations to us, for ‘access’ to the next big ‘scoop’….We need to do away with this tribalism mentality that pervades our society! – And accept that we are all on the same team! – Distant cousins!…Who basically want the best for ourselves and each other! Our differing views are OK! – Polarized discussion is even required! – For a healthy society to exist!…One idea balancing the other! – Stopping either from swinging too far to the right or left!….Our differing views and tribal instincts have been hijacked and weaponized by the elites – To keep us from being able to come together to threaten their power! ….How can we not see it?!!…

……But ultimately…We each need to work on ourselves individually! We need to forge!- Strengthen…And then add our characters to their screenplay! – Then re-write the whole bloody script! ……The lessons I learnt during my time in that abattoir draw parallels and ring true! They will sell us rancid meat!! – They will strip our bones clean!! – They will process every bit of us for maximum profit!! – And they wont waste a single scrap!!…They will buy our souls in exchange for ‘convenience’ – To take control and re-sell them for a quick buck!!…..And of course, they will continue to manufacture consent for their needless wars-for-profit! – All the while laughing at us behind our backs!- Amused by our stupidity as they sell us the lie that it is a noble thing to die for our State.

I remember a time when I felt there was hope… A time when truth was considered a virtue – And your word was considered your bond!…A time when integrity was valued, promoted and admired…And we were all less afraid!……I remember a time long ago when I did feel free….Or freer at least. Can we bring back those times?- Or create better ones!!….I’m an optimist and I still have hope! – And just like I did for ‘big-bird’ ……I’ll continue rooting for all of us!!!

One final thought……Why does it matter??…Life is good!-Right!?… Better now, than any time in history that’s for absolute sure!….But nothing ever stays the same!….It either improves or it decays!…If we want to safeguard and maintain the freedoms won through the blood and the struggles of the past- Then we need to remain vigilant and alert!!…Our modern civilization has only been around for a brief moment in time….Most of humanity that has ever existed on this planet have been oppressed slaves! ….Perhaps for the first time in history, the idea of democracy was able to take hold and begin to flourish. It is easy to become complaisant and assume that things will only continue to get better for everyone. – But this is not assured! And now we are beginning to see the cracks appear. They say power corrupts and total power corrupts totally…..Well, we are entering that totalitarian power world now. What happens as freedoms are slowly stripped from each successive generation….Until finally one day there is a generation born who know no freedom at all??!!…..We will have literally gone back in time! …Then perhaps it will take ?? millennia for the idea of true democracy to be reborn. ……(Though – Perhaps the advancements in technology will not allow it).

Sometimes I wonder why I give a f**k. I don’t have any kids of my own + I’m a base-jumper who probably wont make it into old age!….It’s your descendants that will suffer!- Not mine! …..But! – It can descend into chaos quicker than you would think!!…..And there is a big part of me that believes no one truly gets away with it…That we all pay for our sins……And perhaps the biggest sin of all is-Apathy-??.

*By the way – Tip of the day!:- Never buy meat from a supermarket, which is close to the used by date and looks like it has been re-packaged!…. Sometimes it’s unavoidable…I hate to admit it! – But during my life-time, I’ve eaten plenty of foul meat!- And so have you! ……..If you can afford it, buy your meat from a local and trusted butcher!!

“THE PRICE OF FREE SPEECH IS FREE SPEECH!”

-H.L. Mencken.

“Many lies have been told with literal truths”

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“We’ll know our disinformation program is complete when everything the American public believes is false.”

 – William J. Casey, CIA Director (1981)

“Nobody sees colour anymore! …They only see black and white”

-Reiner Ebert.

“Every f*****g man!- Should have his own f*****g opinion!”

-Reiner Ebert.
‘CANCEL THIS!!!’ oil on linen. 105x60cm.

#26. Ha, ha!- This one’s going up on my studio door!…Well, I’m f****d again!….But it was a lot of fun! …I got to let my dick hang out for a bit! – Although I did have to paint this f****r twice!…I wasn’t quite happy with the first go – It was lacking something…I don’t know??..What you call it??…The ‘F**K YOU IGNORANT C**TS!!!’ attitude, I wanted to get across!…Also! – My cock was a bit too distracting in the composition…Had to the change the angle and make it more head on as I want the focal point to be on the hand with the finger and my face behind it…So the rest will be pushed back slightly, in your peripheral…Now!… Ladies!….Changing the angle makes my dick look smaller….But don’t be fooled!!…This fella’s a grower!!! – Guaranteed to make your toes curl up!! And your eye-balls roll to the back o’ ya f****n’ heads!!!..- You all know how dicks work – And mine works just fine!……Plus, I thought it would be funny if I made it look like I was cumming all over you woke p***ks!!…Notice how I’m indicating movement in the painting, by ‘spritzing’ it all over you from right to left!…ha!, ha!, ha!, ha!!…And I doooo! cum like a champion!!…That’s why I have to remember to close my mouth and use grumpy-face all the time when I jerk off! – And why I had to get rid of my long beard…When I look in the mirror to wipe it all off, it always reminds me of what it was like banging chicks in the 90’s! – Bloody hell!! – Let’s not f*****g go back there!!!- No!, No!-, No!, No!, No! Thank you very much!!!……By the way!…Talking about hairy vaginas …I remember the first time I saw one!….I must have been around 6 or 7…My neighbor showed me hers behind her couch…I was horrified!! – I swear I thought she was being attacked by a Tazzie devil or something!…Nightmares!!!…I think I needed therapy after that one!…Hmmmm!…Maybe that’s why I’ve always got p****y on the brain??!…Anyway, I’m almost over it!!…I just don’t think I’ll be able to look at another hairy cat for the rest of my life!!!…I don’t mind a bit of a well maintained short landing strip for me to park my chin on, every now and then…Mixing it up is good!…But come on!!- Ladies…There’s no need to grow an afro!!!……Ok, where was I??…Oh yeah……I must say…These two attempts were a great exercise in loosening up! And I feel relieved to have finally gotten to the stage where, even after a marathon painting session, I can make the hard decision to just wipe it all away and do it better if needed…I feel there is real power in that! – In not being too afraid of your work!- And always striving for perfection in execution!…The first go took me 25 hours…Second go and with giving less of a f**k!…Only took me 10… I rekon if I had a bit of ‘lar-di-dar’ and a few less f**ks!..I could have done it all in a day!

…Now…Time to get schooled bitches!!……

They say the road to hell is paved with good intentions.

…How f****n’ dumb can you c**ts get??!!……CANCEL THIS!!!…Is that all you could come up with??!!….Geez!…F*****g intelligent young pups!- Aren’t ya’s!!…I’m not even gonna call you sheep anymore…Sheep have f*****g brains!!….I’m gonna stick to retards!- Ooops!! – “Oh-My goodness!!!… He said retards!!”…”Quick!!! – Lets CANCEL HIM!!!”…Yeah! I did!…Your ‘offended minds’…-Probably pictured those droopy-eyed children that Charlie Sheen was on about! – But I’m not referring to those unfortunate people!…I’m using it in the context of what the word actually means…’delay or hold back in terms of development or progress’…It’s true!…Your laziness to learn a thing or two…To consider an issue or problem from more than one perspective!…..Your lack of honest concern and desire for real and lasting change that considers every person!….Your selfish and stubborn claim to know-it-f*****g-all!…- Above and beyond other, perhaps better informed and more wiser folk!…Your self righteousness has led you to be manipulated by the very people who oppress you! – They don’t give a shit about you!…..They have a knack for taking the ‘social pulse’….Carefully observing what will get you all riled up this time…The climate!…Gender equality!…Gender Identity!….Abortion!…They even use your white privilege guilt against you – (As if your great grandfathers crime is your crime)…Then they stir the pot a bit more…It’s all a distraction from their crimes!!…From passing ever ‘tightening’ and dubious new laws without scrutiny!!….They incrementally take our freedoms! – You willingly give them up for cheap narcissistic feelings of unearned pride or unnecessary convenience!….You can’t even see their lies!- Because you yourself actually live in one!…Your narcissism has let you down. And yet – You can’t even see it!…It’s too easy!- Isn’t it!…To stand up and say “Hey everybody!- Look at me!- I’m not a racist!…A bigot!…He is!!!”….It’s all about….signaling “Me good!- him bad!”…..But it’s all a f*****g lie isn’t it!….You are being hypocritical….You only ever give a s**t about white peoples wars don’t you!…You’ve been commanded!…Programmed! – To care about the Ukrainians!….But when did you ever care about the Iraqi’s? or the Afghanistani’s?…The Yemeni people?? Venezuelans?…List goes on and on!!…Do you give one flying f**k about what’s going on with the Uyghurs in north-eastern china??……No!- I thought not!….It’s all a big show!…Remember that little Syrian kid who washed up on the beach in Turkey?- Remember him?? – Let’s be honest!….If he wasn’t wearing a ‘Mickey mouse’ t-shirt or had on a pair of velcro sneakers that made him look a bit western!- If he didn’t ‘remind’ you of your own little boy at home….Nobody would have given the least bit of a f**k!…..It takes a Pulitzer prize winning photo or a free concert to garner any kind of sympathy for any brown or sallow person in dire-straits. I laughed out-loud when the whole world jumped – Panicked even!…All in unison to donate money for the unfortunate Ukrainians….For a vile and unnecessary war…That was created by their own leaders!….Those with a little bit of sense, know that it was many years in the making.

….But instead of doing any actual real good in this world- By first and foremost working on yourselves to look honestly and deeply inside your own hearts and minds to find out exactly which negative emotion your thoughts are attached to, to develop some real f*****g integrity!….A bit of real f*****g character! …To do the hard work!…- To educate yourself and do some real f*****g research!….How can you call yourselves open minded when you are not open to other peoples perspectives!!… It’s easier to just wave a f*****g flag in the air and announce to the world with your fake f*****g virtue!- You know what it’s like??…I’ll tell ya!….It’s like those young student folk, who make their once in a lifetime trip to ‘Africa’ on those fake package aid deals to go and help the poor….But they don’t really help at all!…I mean, they don’t have any real skills to do anything useful anyway! – And the locals there, are too kind to let them know that they had to come back late at night and re-do all the work again properly!…No!…Let’s all call a f*****g spade a f*****g spade shall we!….It’s all a f*****g narcissistic ploy! – Selfish f*****g kids who get to feel righteous for a brief moment as they bask in the praise of their social groups and claim that they were ‘helping the poor’!….When it was really – Mostly – All just for Instagram!

I’ve been a ‘victim’ of racism from time to time, my whole life…From both sides… You see…I’m not quite white enough and I’m not quite brown enough…Not being aloud to fit in made me an angry young man…For a long time!…..I didn’t even know my mum was ‘black’…Until I was told she was, at school, by some friends….But she is really a colored person…Like me…There are different hues of color you know….But we don’t get to choose the boxes we are put in -Now do we.

…But I soon realized I wasn’t a victim!….Identifying with that word weakens you! – It fools you into thinking you are not in control or responsible for your future outcome…That your destiny is out of your hands…I see it when I go back to South Africa….Hopeless youngsters full of self pity – Frustrated! – Wasting their lives waiting around for the government to give them something – To make up for the past ‘oppression’ of their grandparents – Instead of using their f*****g young brains to do something for themselves!…..Having the ability to understand and identify who the real victims and perpetrators are has given me a thick fore-skin…Which comes in handy…..Because you know what??!!….Life itself is offensive!…It really is trying to kill you!….And having a thick fore-skin gives you an advantage!…. It helps you to not fall into the victim trap! Having a victim mentality holds you back and gets you nowhere!…..Eventually….It will turn you into a bitter and resentful person and you will end up alone and unhappy later in life… When I looked around and saw who the real victims were in life…I became grateful for my experiences on this planet! Other people have it WAY!!! harder than me!….Instead…I took it all and embraced it!..All the insults…All the looks….All the slights I’ve experienced in my life…..I bundled them all up and put them on my shoulder….That chip!…That is still there…It’s what fuels me!…It’s the best motivation you will ever have! -To give you the drive to show ‘them’ who you really are! – And what you are truly capable of.

….People….Friends…If you want to get offended!….Get offended at the leaders who lie and steal your hard earned cash every single day!….Pay attention to their actions!- Which is a true reflection of what they stand for! – When they lie to you! – Why doesn’t that seem to bother you? – Hold them accountable!!….Be offended at the ‘racist’ financial system- Which unfairly discriminates against class lines…(Which is also racial discrimination by the way)….If you want to get offended!…..Get offended at the f*****g i-phone in your own f*****g pocket!….- In which, it’s toxic and poisonous cobalt has been scratched out of the ground by the hands of small children – Who because of it, wont get to live into adulthood!! – Do you reeaaally need that next model??……If you want to get offended…..Get offended at yourself!….Only you know if you are telling the f*****g truth every day or living a lie!

THE PRICE OF FREE SPEECH IS FREE SPEECH!!!…..It’s important to never forget that!!!….When everything is stripped away- It is all you will have!!…You want to cancel somebody for what they say or believe??….Really??!!!…..Have you thought about that fully??…..Don’t you think it’s a better idea to try and engage with them??- Bring your own ideas and argument to them??…..If your ideas and arguments are good enough, then you may be successful in changing their opinions!…Then perhaps, you may have just done a little actual good in this world!…..If someone shouts HATE!- Then it’s up to you! – And everybody else around you to stand up and shout LOVE! – And LOUDER!!….It’s possible that the right kind of social coercion can work! – We are social creatures after all!….But think for a minute! – If you are too lazy or lack a brain with any kind of sensible argument – And if you decide to simply follow the herd and cancel that ‘Nazi’….What do you think will happen??….Will he just disappear??….NO!- he won’t!…..He will be driven underground….With all his other ‘Nazi’ mates who have been cancelled…..They will have a stronger bond as they have all been unfairly treated!…Their rightful feelings of injustice! – Will fuel their hatred!….They will want to lash out even more!!….This my friends, is how you amplify their hate! …This is how you create domestic terrorists and bombers and knife killers and mass-shooters and people who run over pedestrians with their cars.

But this isn’t even the real danger. You see….The people manipulating you….They are just using your ‘social justice’ ideology and your ‘good intentions’ your laziness to learn, and fake virtue, against you!….To take away your freedom to speak out against them! Do not think for one moment that they will not do to you what you are currently doing to others!…Cancel you!! and place you into a ‘box’ not of your choosing!!

Do we really want to lose our individuality?!- To be all the same people?!….Sheep?? – Carbon copies of each other! Outwardly ‘thinking’ the same thing!…But too afraid to let others know our true thoughts – Because of a trivial fear of not fitting in with society!….Or a fear of being excluded from our social groups!…Rather, acknowledging and accepting lies told to us! – And then compromising our integrity by giving them worth!…Where will that lead us?!……Shouldn’t we all be in control of which direction we steer this ship??!!…Why do we allow the people we don’t even trust!- To steer it for us?!…..Together, we have the power to create ANY kind of reality that we can think of!…But instead, we allow ourselves to be controlled and divided by our emotions rather than rationality……I remember reading somewhere recently, about a survey conducted long after the civil rights movement had succeeded in America. They asked people what they had thought of segregation!…Most people said that they were actually against it! – And had actually been secretly for the idea of integration of colored folk into society – BUT!!!!…They all voted against it, for a long time!, because of fear and an assumed social pressure – They all assumed that their neighbors would vote in favor of segregation and so, they did as well… How sad is that!! – When you think of how long it lasted and all the lives affected by the weak and cowardly majority!…Who needed just a few more brave people to rise up and say something before having the courage themselves, to voice their own true opinions. Then look what they all accomplished when they finally did find that courage! We need to safe guard our humanity! – Flaws and all!…We can all accept some personal responsibility by self regulating and thus lead by setting a good example!…If we don’t accept some responsibility, then we risk leaving it up to leaders who lack moral integrity, ‘hi-jacking’ our responsibility for us!- Then to be used against us!….Do we want to live like Ants….Assigned a specific role in the colony…Not allowed to think…With no where to maneuver – Destined to just follow another ants lead…..Do we really want to lose our humanity??….Just think about that for a moment! – I can’t imagine what a f****d up world it could be for all of us if it was governed by humans who have lost their humanity!…..

It’s love my friends. It’s understanding. And it’s peace. This is how we change this world! By example!- Not by force!…And cancel-culture is force!- It’s social tyranny! – Marxism disguised as fake concern about complicated issues…- Exposed as fraudulent, by the ‘in fashion at the moment’ vibe of it all – While totally ignoring other more important and harmful injustices that are taking place right under our noses!…Tell me! -When in the past has Marxism worked?? – In the Soviet Union??!! – In Cuba??!! – In Venezuela??!!….The answer is NO!….Let’s talk about Fascism while we are at it seeing as we are currently living in the precise definition of the word when private companies are colluding with governments!! IE: in the current situation with the W.orld E.conomic F.orum!!! …Did that work in Nazi Germany??!! or in Italy??!! or in Spain??!! – The answer is a resounding F**K NO!!! – IT DID NOT!!! – And millions of people perished!!….It takes a pretty dumb f*****g human to want to bring back those ideas!!!……I get it!!!….The younger generation has been let down!- The so-called ‘trickle down’ economics of capitalism have not worked for everyone and this has left them demoralized and frustrated! And they are desperately searching for a different solution!…Trust me! – I understand how difficult it was to get on the housing market!- I barely made it myself!!…And this certainly does need to be addressed!- Capitalism as a system is the scapegoat!- YES IT IS BROKEN!…But no one can deny that IT HAS WORKED to lift the majority of the planet out of extreme poverty and given us the technologically advanced and comfortable world we enjoy right now!- It only needs to be tweaked and improved!!- BY ADDRESSING GOVERNMENT AND CORPORATE GLOBALIST GREED AND CORRUPTION AND INEFFICIENCIES – BY IMPOSING HEAVY REGULATIONS UPON THE GOVERNMENT!!!(WE NEED TO ENACT A DEVELOPMENTAL (KEYNESIAN) STYLE FORM OF OF CAPITALISM THAT WILL ALLOW ‘TRICKLE-DOWN ECONOMICS’ TO ACTUALLY WORK!!!)…The issues we face are nuanced!- They require more than just good intentions to be resolved…They require education!, knowledge!, understanding!, compassion!….Truth!, ….And the right kind of actions!…..Let’s not allow ourselves to be manipulated into losing our freedoms and supporting war. Lies will tear our society apart!…Remember!- It is the truth that will set us all free! Free from our insecurities!…Free from our fear!……And free for our children!- Our descendants and the future of humanity!

I believe humanity has been taught to hate… Manipulated!…That despite what they say – Our natural state is to love, respect and appreciate each persons wonderful differences and willingly help each other……The best way I’ve found to be able to understand and forgive someone…And connect with others, is by looking within my own heart and mind. By paying attention to every thought that pops into my mind – By trying to work out which emotion it is attached to! – Good or bad?…Was it jealousy?? – Anger??…Pride??…Spite??…Contempt??…Resentment??…Envy?? or Fear??…By doing this diligently, with every single thought you have…You begin to recognize your own flaws and negative emotion and then start owning them…And thus, realize your own potential for doing the very same things that you purport to despise about the person you are judging or condemning….This will allow humility to manifest and grow within you. Which in turn will allow more understanding and empathy for others…You will realize that the old saying – “The line between good and evil runs through every human heart” applies to everyone! – Including yourself! You will develop an awareness that you are not as ‘good’ as you may think you are!…And that a small change in circumstance is all that is required for you yourself to be surprised or haunted by your own actions!…By looking into your own heart honestly and frequently….You will soon learn to tame the beast that silently lurks within.

If I’m offending you with what I’m saying here! – Then you have the freedom! and the right!, to simply click away!…Change the channel!….Walk out the f*****g room!….Or you could just deep-throat my dick!!! – I could definitely use a good blow-job right about now!!!

“A liar is a thief!, A thief is a rapist!, A rapist is a murderer!”

-Reiner Ebert.
‘Mama-Bear’ oil on panel. 54.5x41cm.

#28. Where are all the Mama-Bears???…In the wild, you are savage!!!…An almost unstoppable force!!!… A protective and nurturing killer instinct fuels your drive to selflessly put yourself in harms way!!!…Ready to lock on to the threat!!!…You charge forward and bite down hard!!!…Tearing away at flesh and bone, Frenzied and determined!!!…You don’t!!! -You can’t stop!!!…Until the threat is no more.

I wanted this painting to resemble a colourful child’s painting that you would hang up on a fridge with a magnet – But, with a disturbing twist. ……I was inspired to paint this painting because of what I’m noticing going on in the background……A fairly recent, deliberate, sexualization and ‘sexploitation’ of very small children. On the surface, it may seem harmless. But is it???…Is it just clothing??…Advertising??Education??……-Or are we serving them up on a platter???!!!….The so called ‘woke’ people are even starting to refer to those ‘certain’ despicable people as a ‘minor-attracted person’…Really???!!!…..Are we as a society now normalising peadophelia???

….When I was living in Switzerland…In an incredibly beautiful and awe-inspiring village called Lauterbrunnen, I was working as a poolside life-guard for a couple seasons, in the neighbouring village of Wengen. One day, almost at closing time, while I was busy in the pump-room doing a filter backwash and final water quality control checks, -This dumb Swiss-c**t walks in with a chubby little toddler, still in a nappy and a smaller thing in his arms- Not a baby…But not a toddler either. Anyway, this dumb Swiss-c**t walks in and puts his toddler on an inflatable swan in the water in the shallow end and then proceeds to go round the back of the restaurant with this other thing and go play with it on the trampoline. Now I didn’t see any of this, as I was in the pump-room and there were no swimmers in the water when I left the pool. In fact, there was nobody there at all, except the restaurant staff who were also busy closing up. However, as I was leaving the pump-room, I barely heard a small whimper and splash!….-Then instantly ran across the lawn and into the water to grab this child, who had fallen off the swan, just as its head was about to go under the water for the third time!! – I’ll never forget that moment!!!……So much intensity and human connection within a split-second!!! …I’ll never forget the look in her eyes!!! – It was a desperate plea for help from an infant to a complete stranger!!…I remember the relief I felt and the feeling of thankfulness that I had walked out of the pump-room at the perfect moment!!!…I will never forget the hug and gentle peck on the cheek she gave me and her instant cheerful “goo-goos and gar-gars” as I walked with her in my arms, out that pool, in search of whoever was dumb enough to leave an infant, unattended, in or near a body of water!……The only consolation and might I dare say! -Reward!!!, for going through all that intense stress, was the satisfaction I received from telling this dumb Swiss-c**t that he was the dumbest Swiss-c**t I had ever met!!!

I don’t have any kids of my own – The responsibility and sacrifice is certain!…And I’ve never been in the right situation in life to be able to give it my all…I may have missed my opportunity…But in that brief moment, when that child hugged me…I felt all the love, appreciation, vulnerability and dependant responsibility that comes with being a parent. Without a doubt it was the best hug I have ever received!!!!!! …And because of that one hug, I now understand what it means and what I am missing, to experience the complete and utter love and joy of having children.

…I understand how we conform to societies ever-changing standards. I understand the need for progress…But is it true progress if it is going in the wrong direction???

I also understand my roles as a man in society and I understand how easy it is to pass off responsibility to the next person….But now it’s your turn to lead ladies!!!……To all you Mama-Bears out there!!! …Don’t you think it’s time to show your teeth.

” It is not everything to know…But it is everything to ponder”

-Reiner Ebert.

“There are basically only two types of people on this planet. -Those who actively seek the truth…and those who believe in -and will use the lie.”

-Reiner Ebert.
‘useful idiots’ oil on panel. 91.3×41.3cm

#31. I’m not anti-f*****g Trans!!……I’m just anti-f*****g pro-nouns!!

https://www.youtube.com/shorts/3xQvzNMgSsQ

*Actually. I think I am. I just realised it. I think you all need therapy. I think the brain is ‘plastic’ and it’s all a mental fabrication at an early stage of development- perhaps a result of unresolved issues or underlying trauma. It’s just a hunch. But I think biology matters -(every cell with a nucleus is ‘stamped’ either male or female…hence the obvious physical differences between the {only two} sexes)-and I think it especially matters in society. I don’t think re-defining what a man or woman is will create a healthy and well functioning one. (I’m concerned about the healthy mental development of the vast majority of children who don’t have a ‘body-dysmorphia’ issue – and women’s safety in general and women’s sports – or in other practical terms eg: like ‘evacuating the TITANIC’ -amongst other important and under-discussed societal concerns). …..I wish we could go back to when a p***y meant it was an actual (wet) p***y – and men had balls!!

**What I am not, is anti-person. I think everyone should be treated with respect and compassion. And receive all the help and support from society they need or require.

“The problem with intelligence and knowledge is – That once you recognise or think that you are smarter or know better than others…Your self worth unconsciously goes up!…And this makes it easier for your perceived worth of others to go down!” {that’s why we all need humility}

-Reiner Ebert.