1 - Tell us how
your project(s) were started.
Atelier Propraetoria began under a different name as a venue for me to promote
and hire out my artwork. In my folly, I tried to keep my philosophies subdued
in favour of the artwork, until I awoke to the obvious fact that art and philosophy,
for me at least, cannot be seperated. I then incorporated my ideas about the
future of the human race more overtly into the presentation, dressed it in alchemical
and apocalyptic Roman imagery and that's where we are now.
2 - What does music,
in its entirety, mean to you?
Music is the paint with which my world is shaped. No piece of art is absent
of music. No act of love or anger is without its soundtrack.
3 - What does art,
in its entirety, mean to you?
Art is the thing that defines the human race. In all of its forms, from classical
mythological iconography to silly science fiction fan-art, it shapes paradigms
(both great and small) and serves as the voice (both indicative and commanding)
of cultures and ages. It's the only true religion in the world. All religions
in the past have used it, in one way or another, as their vehicle while blissfully
unaware that they, themselves, were empowering the art above their interpretation
of its message.
4 - Who is your
favorite author, and why?
I have too many authors who are close to my heart. Poe, Lovecraft, Dante, etc.
I would say I could, at best, narrow it to Frank Herbert and Julius Evola. One
spoke of hope for the human race in the face of the abomination it has become,
while the other showed humanity the tools with which to surgically augment that
humanity.
5 - As your best
friend, describe yourself.
Entertaining, intelligent, visionary and creative.
6 - As your worst
enemy, describe yourself.
Childish, obsessive, overly-humble at times and generally foolish.
7 - If your persona
were immortalized as a cartoon character, who would it be?
A shadowy, romantic alchemist monk who gets mocked by the world while he, unbeknownst
to them, is making gold from the lead they have tied around his neck.
8 - Do you think
there are conspiracies against the "everyday person"?
The everyday person conspires against themselves everyday. Others collaborate.
The reverse is also true.
9 - What do you
do with your spare or free time?
Time does not have the luxury of being spare or free.
10 - Please give
us your interpretation of "the meaning of life".
Life has several meanings. On one level, there is self-perpetuation. On a higher
level, there is a communal drive to rise above, which is stupidly misread by
many as the need to step on everyone else to exalt the individual which should
not require such. In between, however, there is the fact that individuals are
not important in a cultural level, but to that individual, himself. The
meanings of life that exist betwixt and between are entirely relative. Mine
is to create and to be harbinger to the new Caesar, when he deigns to arrive,
while scultping my life as being worthy to dwell within his empire.
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