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The censor

Oil on canvas, 2010, 60 x 80 cm. ORIGINAL SOLD. We can’t be unhappy. We have to pretend to be happy when we're sad. We have to hide depression because it is something that we should be ashamed of. We talk about censorship in relation to politics, religion or ideas in general. It also affects our daily behavior, a habit that we all now have to act and feel in the same way as the others do, because the fear of being branded as different is stronger than the instinct to be ourselves.

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Thomas Curry 07 Nov 2013

i would like to use this in a Philisophy class!!

Charles Jones 07 Nov 2013

I think it's called conformity, Federico. Being part of a 'society' forces the individual into a particular mold and the wackier the society the tighter the constraints. This is a very well-executed painting with great color and field of depth. Long live the non-conformists, BTW. :)