I Don't Want To Change The World I Just Want To Change Your Mind

Or maybe I do want to change the world... okay maybe I definitely want to do that. Today was the Spring Arts Festival at Tyndale. I was thinking about my favourite art, the best photography I've seen, the best paintings I've had a chance to look at, and that sort of thing. I started talking to a friend about my favourite art and I thought it would be good to reflect on it here. In 2006 I had a chance to go to New York City with my dad and it was an incredible trip, and while we were there I fell in love with some paintings I saw on display. 30 paintings to be specific. It wasn't anything I saw at the MoMA, or any gallery in SoHo, it was at the United Nations.
A Brazilian artist named Octavio Roth created a piece for each of the 30 Articles outlined in the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, and I can't help but think they are some of the most important pieces of art I have ever come in to contact with. They say something about how the world should be, and are presented with an almost hopeful simplicity.
In 2007 after spending a couple days trying to find decent sized copies of the images online I found them on the UN's website. I then noticed that I could request high resolution copies of any of the images they had online. They listed all the criteria for accepting requests and what the images could and couldn't be used for. I sent them an e-mail, they sent me 30 high resolution pictures.
This is the kind of art I want to decorate my home with one day.