Pedestal (2025)

: By descending to common ground, we trade the "view from below" for a lateral connection, allowing for genuine feedback, growth, and empathy.

: To look up at a pedestal, one must adopt a position of inferiority, which often fuels submissiveness or resentment in the observer. pedestal

: When we idolize icons—whether they are political figures or queer creators—we strip them of the right to be "messy" or "wrong". : By descending to common ground, we trade

: It transforms a person into a symbol , forcing them to "pose perfectly" rather than live authentically. : It transforms a person into a symbol

A pedestal functions as a physical and symbolic "vehicle of distance". By raising an object or person above the common ground, we remove them from the messy, lived experience of humanity.

: Figures like David Bowie have challenged this, suggesting artists should live "deeply within life" rather than above it, treating the world as a "usable substance" rather than a stage for adoration. Emptying the Pedestal