RE: Alexander Ebert - Truth

I wanted to do something with the spaghetti western theme of the song and I wanted to respond to the demon, the antagonist in the image, figure out what he/she/it is all about. So I decided to do a portrait of the archetype spaghetti western villain, in some deconstructed form. Really had a hard time thinking up imagery, but just decided to have fun as it should be. A big eye catcher for me in the first image was the floating cubes and its primary colors. They proved to be a good source of inspiration, but I eventually phased most of the primary color cubes out from the final image, as there were many of them in earlier versions of my piece.

Alexander Ebert - Truth

For our first dialogue piece, I selected Alexander Ebert's "Truth", which has become one of my favorite songs as of late.

My initial concept was very western.  The grittiness, and earthiness of the folk song was evocative of golden sunsets, gunslingers, horses and cattle.  Thinking about it again, I probably would have chosen a different color palette.

I ultimately came to the conclusion that the song transcended it's folk category and at it's heart addressed the difficulties of facing one's own self.  I thought about how easy it is to criticize others when I observe and recognize their faults, but how difficult it is to recognize and accept my own problems and bad habits. 

Alexander - Truth by the Good Badger