Neon Nude

"You Have More Freedom Than You're Using" by Dan Attoe

“You Have More Freedom Than You’re Using” by Dan Attoe

As you’ll know if you’ve looked around my blog, I believe that the true purpose of art is looking at bare ladies. Top marks then to Dan Attoe. I Googled him and discovered he’s a real artist, this is one of a series,so why is this work glowing at passers-by from a window on Leather Lane?

I don’t know, but it’s been there for a while now. Each evening as I walk down to the tube the pink glow catches my eye and I smile.

Of course all art has a message, and that message is different for each viewer because of what we bring with us. Myself, after an initial smile, I found I was taking the caption of the work quite literally to heart. Like many people I read the newspapers and probably grumble if I see something about a freedom which seems to be curtailed in some way. Negative. So what is the positive? What am I not doing that I’m free to do? Plenty! The more I think about it the more I think I should get out and do stuff! Things I’ve always wanted to do but thought I couldn’t. Actually there is nobody but me stopping me doing pretty much anything I want. Yeah!

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