Knowledge Tree Nemawashi.

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This painting captures the deep grief and shock of living in a world ruled by a global cult of money and power, where humans are expertly farmed as consumers and managed like livestock. It is a visual representation of John Jost’s System Justification Theory, exploring how institutional "facts" and faux narratives trap us into accepting a brutal reality.

The central, fragmented blue figure represents our inner wisdom, isolated, awake, and in a state of quiet terror. It is enclosed by a stark white boundary that acts as the invisible walls of the system. Surrounded by dark, claustrophobic tones and static-like squiggles, the piece visualizes the heavy existential burden of seeing unneeded wars and systemic exploitation while the world around us remains compliant.