Thoughts behind the artwork...

This image is a deeply personal work... one that I am sure many will be able to relate to. As a child, and then as a young adult, I had no concept of 'the future'. My life was wildly self destructive. As a result, I truly believed that I was not going to make it past the age of 25. I believed this as matter of factly as I believed the sun would rise, and the sky is blue. As such, the notion of 'the future' was never cultivated. Planning for something that to me didn't even exist seemed a pointless concept. Looking to the future is something that has never developed in me. Even now... more than 20 years beyond my once expected life span, the concept still eludes me.

When I think of the future, it seems like a grim spectre looming on the horizon. It is a vaguely disquieting shadow of what will be that confronts me. A reflection of myself that I cannot define. It makes me feel isolated and alone...

-John Alexander (aka SirJohn)