THE RUMPELTONIAN CUBISM MANIFESTO
Founded on the Principle of Earnest Intention
1. We begin with sincerity.
We are always trying to paint the subject.
The distortion is not rebellion — it is revelation.
2. We honor the wobble.
The line is a wandering truth-teller.
It shakes because the hand is alive.
3. We accept emergence.
We do not distort the figure.
The figure distorts itself on the way through us.
4. We paint presence, not likeness.
A face is not a diagram.
It is a weather system, a rumor, a glyph.
5. We trust the accident.
Mistakes are not errors.
They are portals into the myth.
6. We invite the viewer to finish the work.
Our portraits are incomplete by design.
Completion is a collaboration.
7. We let features become symbols.
An eye becomes a doorway.
A mouth becomes a horizon.
A nose becomes a direction.
8. We prioritize recognition over accuracy.
If the viewer feels who it is, the painting has succeeded.
If they need the title, the painting has told the truth.
9. We embrace the mythic drift.
Identity is allowed to blur.
Emotion is allowed to lead.
The subject is allowed to become more than themselves.
10. We honor the cosmic joke.
We try earnestly.
The universe laughs kindly.
And in that laughter, the art is born.
Long Live Ralph.......Be Dead or Alive.
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