10 February

I find Wilde's Picture of Dorian Gray one of the strongest metaphors of the times we live in. It's a bit of a theme for me right now, because I think most of our big problems as a society are being misdiagnosed. Our society is the picture, gradually taking on all of the chaos and destruction which the desperate quest for eternal youth and fabulous lifestyles are creating. The desire to escape ageing and death are Dorian, society is the picture, absorbing Dorian's insatiable thirst for eternal, sensual youth.