BACKGROUND - WHILE TAKING A DAY TO DRAW AT MOMA (THE MUSEUM OF MODERN ART, NEW YORK CITY), AND SEEING THE GAUGIN PAINTING, I SAW INNO- CENSE, NATIVE MYTHOLOGY, AND A SECURITY GUARD. THE SECURI- TY GUARD WAS MORE INTEREST- ING THAN THE PAINTING AT THE MOMENT, ALIVE AND VIBRANT, ALERT, YET PASSIVE. I SAW VIG- ILANCE. THE GUARD, WAS IN A ROOM THAT IS SAFE, COOL, PRO- TECTED, AND HE NEEDS TO BE FOREVER WATCHFUL. VIGILANCE IS WHAT ALLOWS THE FIGURES IN THE PAINTING TO BE CHILD-LIKE WITHOUT KNOWING THEY WERE BEING SAFEGUARDED. “VIGILANCE STANDS IDLE ALERT, EVER ALERT. AS INNOCENCE BECKONS A SPIRIT AWAKENS SHE KNOWS NOT WHY, NOY PSCH, CHILD LIKE” - SHOOSTY
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Vigilance
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