Vilham Lichz

Déclaration

We live in a world where every day we lose the opportunity to express ourselves.

I am afraid that a time will come when no one can say anything and the emotions that make us human will disappear and we will become slaves to our thoughts. Nowadays everyone is offended and all people are sent to hell if you don't agree with the minority's agenda. I want my art to become a mode of expression that allows everyone to say what they think and interpret what they want.

Even if we do not agree with someone else's opinion, we must allow them to express themselves and defend their positions in the same way that you can defend yours. We must understand that the right of expression that offends continues to be the right of expression. This is not about intimidating anyone with the word but rather knowing that the only way to exchange ideas and evolve as human beings is by listening to others who completely differ from our ideals. The freedom of speech has no function if the receiver of the message does not listen. Listening is the most important "verbal" way to express what we feel. Sometimes when talking we say so little and when listening we say so much.

¨While traveling around the world I have come across people who just want to be accepted and silence their voice to repeat someone else's. It's absurd, pointless and sad.¨

"Freedom of expression nowadays days is just a right on paper, reality is increasingly taking away from us the opportunity to express ourselves. We are becoming immortal slaves of our thoughts."

I will pick 12 stories a year from our followers. Each story will serve as an inspiration to create an art piece which could be a painting or a drawing.

Vilham Lichz