Art is Freedom
XLife 2025
Birds of a Feather art project
Faith - Democracy - Nature
Doug Brinkman on X
Where no free press exists, I listen.
This Moment, Space and Time
The Nature of Alpha and Omega
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Art is not confined to galleries or bound by rigid interpretation—it moves through streets, public squares, and conversations, finding its audience in the flow of everyday life. It does not judge or take sides but stands as a mirror, reflecting the world in ways only the observer can define. Fate and serendipity weave themselves into the fabric of creation, guiding the brush, shaping the journey, and revealing truths long before they are spoken. To create is not to control but to trust the current, to let the unseen unfold, and to embrace the mystery of what lies just beyond the next bend.
Homme made - Dundee Law
Tribute to Virgil Abloh, Fashion Designer
Dennis Edney Freedom Fighter
A Point of Order, Art Show & Tell, add a little ice cream, my just reward. A young woman, lingering with a tattooed crowd in downtown Edmonton near the library, complimented my artwork. After finishing my rapidly melting ice cream in the 24°C heat, I walked over to her gang to show the backside, titled Disorder. Suddenly, a young man lunged at me. "Get the f*** away from here!" he snapped. Before I could react, the group's matriarch—Mama Tattoo—spoke up. "I like your painting," she said, her voice steady. The young man’s demeanor shifted. He looked at the artwork again, his expression softening, "That's an amazing piece of art," he said "a super talent!"
"Freedom is important, especially today"-B.K., "True North Strong and FREE, a line straight from our anthem"- E.K., "Escape is freedom from judgmental civilians who should mind their own business - and help those /encourage them who try to get a happy lifestyle..." -A.C.R.L.W.-B, "Freedom is Honesty, Being Honest is Love"-C, "Free The Art"-W.C., "Freedom is our right. In any form express it with art. If art was a crime Leonardo would have been doing the time"-E.B., "Sovereignty is Freedom"- Dene Warrior, "Edmonton Ward 7 candidate"-S.P., "Lets make Edmonton the City of Art and Imagination"-D, Art is Expression, Freedom is Art"-V, "Keep Fighting to Speak your Piece"-N.R., "Freedom is my right as a human being..." - C.A., "Freedom, Art and Honesty"-M.M., "If freedom is the child, then understanding is the mother and determination is the father"- R.K.A., "Art is a way to express ourselves as an artist, and its not something that others can simply take it away from us"- Kevan Lyons “Poet of Churchill Square”. "Art is Freedom"- Love A.L., "自由" S.L., "Fight the power, art is freedom" - K.C., "Art is freedom"- A.A., "Freedom, art and honesty"- M.M., "Freedom is a Right" - M.O.S., "Freedom for All Canadians"- G.W. Edmonton Ward 10 candidate, "The choice is ours", "To be who we want to be"-J.U., "Freedom seems almost unachievable", "Live your life how you want to, with love in your heart" -J, "We stand together" - V. Art is Freedom🍁US
🐦 "Birds of a Feather" immediately stirs images of kinship and shared identity. The full idiom—"Birds of a feather flock together"—evokes the idea that like-minded people naturally gravitate toward one another. It’s got this cozy, tribal pull to it, as if we're all subconsciously drawn to those who reflect our quirks, passions, or worldviews. There's also a quiet undercurrent of both unity and exclusivity tucked in there—comforting when you're part of the flock, and perhaps isolating when you aren't.
⚖️ "Alpha Omega" plays in a totally different register—this one’s big, sweeping, and biblical. It refers to "the beginning and the end" (from the Greek alphabet: Alpha = A, Omega = Ω), often signifying something all-encompassing or eternal. It carries a bit of awe, honestly. It could suggest someone or something that spans the full spectrum of experience, existence, power, or understanding. There’s finality in it. A kind of cosmic punctuation mark. Together, the two phrases feel strangely complementary—one intimate, the other infinite. Like they whisper of belonging and destiny at the same time.
Alberta, Violet King Henry Plaza, Canada Day Speeches Cut-Up, Birds of a Feather
