Andrew

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www.andrewkongknight.com

I love creating art and music.

My art heals from the harshness of the world. It is also cathartic for me and allows me to voice feelings more powerfully than I can in words. As for my motive, often it is to free myself from the darkness inside me and in the world. I achieve this by facing directly that darkness through my work; it's about survival and regeneration between these external and internal worlds. Often my art attempts to make sense out of senselessness or find a glimmer of hope out of despair and suffering. As Nietzche says, "Life is awful, but art makes it endurable."



Dominant visual structures include window (representing my inner and outer self); the nature-man connection; the tree (which represents me striving to establish roots.) Hence, my artwork tends to focus on abandonment rage, isolation, suffering, injustice, as well as a longing to feel connected to something larger than myself. It exposes my own frailty, folly, and failings at the same time it exposes the frailty, folly, and failings of the world. With no myths and history handed down from generation to generation in my family, my art seeks to create my own myth and history, which I hope to hand down to future generations. As the Samurai Creed states most eloquently, "I have no parents. I make heaven and earth my parents."



While I grew up without religion, art and music has taken its place, filling a spiritual void, becoming essentially my spirit guide, helping me seek higher truth and enlightenment. It's also my confessional, where I lay down my burden, and express my deepest love.

For more info: www.andrewkongknight.com

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