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Regarding
the titles
and the
randomness
of
application:
Each
image is
subtitled
I Have the
Capacity for
______
(examples:
Harm,
Empathy…).
These 52
capacities
describe a
range of
benign and
evil
behavior.
They are
meant to be
randomly
assigned and
to be used
interchangeably,
from one
drawing to
the next,
with the
intention of
conveying
the notion
that I am
and we all
are capable
of all of
this - good
and bad.
Having the
capacity to
kill does
not make me
a killer,
any more
than having
the capacity
for kindness
would make
me a kind
person.
Capacities
form and
reform. If
the subtitle
read, I
Am a Killer,
that
would imply
immutable
behavior, a
fact. A
capacity
implies what
is possible.
On a given
day, in a
specific
context,
this
particular
guy has the
capacity to
kill. For
example, he
kills every
day, as we
all do, in
order to
eat, but I
can also
imagine
anyone
killing
another
human in
order to
protect
oneself or
someone
else, or in
a wartime
scenario.
This guy
also has the
capacity for
kindness,
and for
decorum, and
on, and on.
Jane Terzis |
