Thoughts behind the artwork...

In our dreams, we can live behind the walls of our defenses deep within our minds... hiding from that which haunts us. But for those of us who have not lived perfect lives... those of us who have made mistakes along the way... there are faces in the past who dwell in our minds. Faces of people we may have inadvertently wronged. People who once cared about us but had to turn away from us. Or people that we simply left behind for our own selfish reasons. We place walls between ourselves and those faces so as to not remember... but every once in awhile... the unforgiving figure of shame finds you. That figure cannot be reckoned with, for it is a concrete part of who you once were. Behind those very walls of protection... that concrete figure accosts you and forces you to remember those faces that you have so desperately tried to push aside within the confines of your mind.

-John Alexander (aka SirJohn)