Ground Zero.

“Figuring things out for yourself is the only freedom anyone really has. Use that freedom.”

Jean Rasczak, Starship Troopers

Mural (1943) – Jackson Pollock

 

Such was the philosophy of artists Jackson Pollock as he embarked on his adventure into post-modernism. A pioneer in what was then a new and groundbreaking era of art, Pollock defied the norms and ground rules of art that were laid down by modernism, and began creating something so refreshingly new that not everyone could agree with how radical his movement in the artists’ society was. Pollock questioned if art was truly about it’s destination; the final piece of painting or work that would eventually be framed for eternity and left to hang for the ages to admire. He saw beauty in the process; the same kind of beauty most people find in the walk of life more than the destination of living itself.