1000 Hours of Staring

The multimedia artist, Tom Friedman , has unwittingly produced what I believe to be the ultimate statement of modern Western popular culture; his artwork, “1000 Hours of Staring .”  The concept is that the work, a 32 inch square of white paper, creates “the history of an object.”  It expresses intense concentration and mental activity.

Personally, I believe that, like the films Video Fireplace  and Video Aquarium, “1000 Hours of Staring” expresses the total vacuity and emptiness of much of modern popular culture.  The modern culture pursues fame, money, fun, and “self-realization.”  The underlying constant is SELF.

The Christian realizes that the true meaning of life is the expression of the GLORY OF GOD .