It's On!! The Authentic Story I've Been Waiting Decades to Tell
Thanks to the perfect storm of age and technology, my story is ready to unfold.
Eve Hennessa
7/1/20263 min read
It's on!! Thanks to both age and modern technology, I am going to be able to explain myself as an artist and talk about what I've been doing all these years.
It looks like I'm all over the place, and I am. My philosophy of art has always been: It's the person who has something to communicate that's important. Why bore yourself to death and create the same style over and over? Well, the answer is, you can make more money, but I've always been going for the long game. I would rather be remembered 100 years in the future than be popular now. I am always trying to create something of value.
So now that we have this fantastic technology, who made this picture, which makes me look amazing. I would look this good if I was in this space. But what it takes to get to the space I don't have all those in place. Although I have and I could, but it's way too much work and I really don't have the temperament to network in this way. Any institution, whether it be an art museum, an art gallery, a magazine, or anything like that kind of goes against the artist's grain. We are trying to do something new always, and doing something new is chaotic, uncertain and insecure. The temperament of the artist, in my case, was born resisting all of the mundane. Having suffered way too much, now I embrace the mundane and the organized.
It's 2026 and I can make my own gallery. I already have several Metaverse galleries. But they were years ahead of their time. But ChatGPT MADE THIS IMAGE!!! I mean, how beautiful is it?? I'm creating my website now so that I can clearly talk about everything I'm doing, why I'm doing it and why it's interesting!!
I think I'm one of those people where nobody ever says anything about my work. I used to think it was because my work was terrible and some work I destroyed, which I worked on for six months. Because I thought 'well if it was good people would say something'. Having pondered this for several decades, I think it's mostly because people are so intimidated by art and talking about art. That's also one reason why I don't polish up my writing. Sometimes I can sound very smart, but usually not.
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I realize that people aren't like me living in a nonverbal self-created world, and they need words to help them understand the concepts. So I'm going to explain everything. Many things I couldn't explain when I made them because it was too charged with political or social issues. Or back when I was a Mystic, I didn't want to talk about my mysticism. Or the time when I was a Muslim or the time when I was a born again Christian healing evangelist. But I will do it now even though I'm not a Mystic, Muslim or healing evangelist anymore. I definitely respect all the work I did. It all came from an authentic place, all the time. It was part of this incredible journey, which is being alive.
I'm very happy with myself. I hope I live at least 20 more years to create work and communicate. I am a person who has something to say and that was my whole goal as an artist — to develop on the inside and of course work like crazy to have mad skills and craft. I think I am just full of love and my person doesn't really express that so I must create it in art. That's why there's so much beauty in my colors and forms. At least I think so.
Hopefully, I can work less in the future, but now I figured out how to work at the beach!!!!
It's On!! The Authentic Story I've Been Waiting Decades to Tell
Thanks to the perfect storm of age and technology, my story is ready to be told.