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Joseph Drapell

HOW IS LIFE UNDER THE

TREE OF KNOWLEDGE?

In Joseph Drapell’s eyes, the brain is our treasured Tree
of Life, generating our astounding understanding of
science, art, security and sense of human rights. Yet
the demands of work often reduce our opportunity
to enjoy the splendours of life, making us seem
technocratic, even robotic – yet we all are born
human. The poetic life is intruded upon by a cold
rationality. Only the child, the ladder and the milk
bottle are shown as unaffected. We harm our planet
with waste. Our access to the realm of art is not easy,
the ladder is too short. The snake belongs to our
narrative. Excessive concern for material things can
often lead us astray and diminish our individuality.

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