Alive in the Hive

 

The Right One?
benjamin harubin 2024
7" x 15" x 4"
acrylic, found objects, green LED, steel gallon can

#expressionisticsurrealism #philosofart #upcycling 

I think we should all agree that one requirement for a thing to be considered alive is that it maintains a volumetric boundary, one that is semi-permeable yet contains a distinctly different composition inside of it than outside of it.  

These blobs and bags are now everywhere thanks to the proliferation of one dimensional strings of words projected upon the flat plane in the brain.

Are they all alive, these membranes amidst, through and atwixt others, like a part of you or a half of you?  

This thing on the screen that points to a thing that if examined closely enough has a clear form with a surface you can trace.  

It is said that you can create a thing that takes on a life of its own. 

These things in my room: is it me or the buffer zone?

You can't get away from it.

 

Got to get back to earth.

Got to go home and connect with the mates; my cells in the matrix.