Crux

I've decided to explore some of my favorite creations and share my thoughts on what I'm trying to achieve.

This piece is called "Crux" and represents the rapidly approaching point of the merging of humanity and technology. Circuitry implants are a certainty and will soon (within a few decades if not sooner) be a common 'wetware' addition to our natural wiring. One needs only read William Gibson to see some small slice of the future where this is a common procedure.

One possible feature not commonly explored is the enhancement of the senses..the cortex...the language centers....to seek a new spirituality...whether in a constant state of communication with the 'net' (aka..the world around us) or to simply seek God in every possible input via circuitry filtering.

At this point...this crux....we are poised to use technology for progress of the human race -or- doomed to fall into a singular state of isolation for individual excess.

In this, I have portrayed the new Saint/Martyr -- the symbology of the circuitry into the cross upon the forehead....the trinity of CPU processors and golden IC of the One True CPU. Each finger imbued with god-touch technology and a new mankind emerging from the motherboard. Struggling....smirking in self satisfaction and ulitmately....no better off in any respect. We shall become slaves to an electronic god-machine.

The time is coming to evaluate if we are going to grasp for the stars in the body...or simply attempt to find some feeble emulation within the mind....and I think, personally that we need to ride thunder into the heavens and stake the universe with our own unique brand of unadorned raw humanity. Technology shall play an important role..but that of servant and not master.