I remember myself as far as five years old.
There were formative and memorable events in my childhood that I can
go back to in my mind. Did I have a sense of morality then? Could I
distinguish between right and wrong intuitively accessing my
conscience? Returning to these memories helped me understand the
person I was, and perhaps still am today. “Make a wish” game
stuck in my mind from the days of the past. I had to think of
something I wanted with the utmost sincerity, wish for it and keep it
a secret. The wish would then come true. At five years old my wish
was - "Let there be no war in the world." Why would a child
make a wish like that, when prompted to reach into the heart and find
what was desired the most? Did I carry deeply seeded wish for peace
on Earth out of even earlier years of my life? How did this idea get
planted in my mind? I did not grow up in a war zone and was unable to
grasp the origins of my childhood morality. It would have been easier
to understand myself if I had wished for something much simpler.
Anything that would have been not so loaded with ethical value.
drawing collage, 2013
drawing collage, 2013
drawing collage, 2013
drawing collage, 2013
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