ON JANUARY 25, 1968, WHEN I FIRST BEGAN MY CREATIVE WORK, I FELT SURE I HAD SOMETHING TO OFFER, A VISION, SOMETHING TO PUT
INTO THE WORLD.
NOW,
SOME 30 YEARS LATER,
IT HAS BECOME CLEAR
THAT WHAT I MUST OFFER
IS MY SINCERE APOLOGY.
8 YEARS AGO, I RECOGNIZED AND EMBRACED MY FAILURE; MY FAILURE TO ACHIEVE A MEASURABLE LEVEL OF ARTISTIC COMMUNICATION. DESPITE NUMEROUS EXHIBITIONS AND MORE THAN SUFFICIENT OPPORTUNITY TO EXPLAIN MY VISION, NO THING HAS BEEN ACHIEVED.
I MUST APOLOGIZE:
I AM SORRY FOR ALLOWING MY EGO TO CONVINCE ME OF MY CLEVERNESS.
I AM SORRY FOR ALLOWING THAT CLEVERNESS TO PERMEATE MY WORK.
I AM SORRY, VERY SORRY FOR ASSUMING MY VISION HAD MERIT ENOUGH
TO CONQUER,
TO CHANGE,
TO DOMINATE.
Peter Santino, 1995
This text has also been rendered in sand at Galerie Analix, Geneva, Switzerland in 1996.
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