The Shortest Distance Between Two ThoughtsThe Shortest Distance Between Two Thoughts refers to how mental processes occur in relation to the material world of people and things. Experiences and perceptions of external information are abundant, but they don't always happen conveniently, orderly, or in isolation from one another. Rather, they can overlap haphazardly, converge disparately, and relate to one another in an overwhelming jumble. To depict this, I use the juxtaposition of real physical materials as mixed media collage with realistically painted figures in their environments. The result is a portfolio of candid snapshots from a mind trying to bring cohesion to the unpredictable clutter of sensory stimuli and the cognitive activity that's distracted, disoriented, and disordered by it.
John Toothman
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