#barney talks

My art museum explores the relationship between nature and human emotion and imagination. Nature is a knockout, and people can’t help but tie emotions and fantastical ideas to the natural world. Earth is a canvas for the human mind.

The museum is called Roots. It’s a multimedia experience, created by dozens of artists from across the globe. I’m in town to meet with a local artist, and reach out to anyone interested. Not all of our artists are “professional.” I have a room full of work by kids, and there’s a hall I call the “living guestbook” showing pictures visitors have done.

This is a museum for everyone. Larry’s “sprogs” could even be a part of it. If nothing else, I’d love to get a bus of kids down there and give them a tour. Shame it’s so far away.

Tonight Larry and I are going out looking for taxidermy for my exhibition, where I explore the concepts explained earlier, using animals as my focus. You know that picture of homo sapiens evolving? it’s like that, only it’s an evolution of animals through man’s imagination rather than time and nature.

Maybe I’m self indulgent, but I find the relationship between reality and fantasy to be stunning.

Thanks for the question, kid.