Interpret This As You Will

"Interpret This As You Will" is an ongoing series of works exploring spiritual beliefs, geopolitical worldviews, and cultural commentary held by the artist, BLAC, and presented in a form that invites open interpretation rather than prescribed meaning. BLAC believes art is a two-way street. One side is the intention of the artist. The other is the interpretation of the viewer. This is the core narrative of the series. The intent of the artist is embedded within the works themselves. No descriptions. No additional narratives. No putting the viewer into a box. The process behind these works includes embedding the original intent within the image itself, in a way that forms an encryption-like derivative of that initial intent. Each work has a very specific intention, defined even before it is created, and followed through from beginning to end. Then that intent is let go of, allowing the viewer to take the work for what they wish to see in it. - Note from the Artist: I would ask only one thing of you when viewing these works: When you view them, when you see them, when you look into them and find your own interpretation, ask yourself why you interpret them that way. The easy answer is to say that I put elements in the work that made you think a certain thing. The harder answer is to ask what foregone conclusions or beliefs you arrived with before viewing the piece that led you to interpret it that way. Our beliefs shape what our reality is. I can present the same piece in front of 10 people and there can be 10 different interpretations. That is what this collection is about. How can I, as an artist with one singular intent for a work, produce interpretations at an order of magnitude far greater than that initial intent? What can I inspire to bring forth from within you that maybe you did not realize you had? What beliefs do you hold true, even if you are not aware you believe them? What narratives have you succumbed to that shape the way you see reality? How well have the propaganda machines run by media, religions, and algorithms performed in shaping how you see the world? If I can bring forth such reaction, such invocation, such provocation from an image, imagine what seeing thousands of images a day has done to our brains. And even more so, to our beliefs. Interpret this as you will, -BLAC