while looking for information about jo, who grew up on a remote queensland 'cattle station', became a passionate animal rights activist and a vegan advocate, i came across an interesting article by 'age' columnist sam de brito - 'confessions of a vegan' - in which he shares his vegan awakening (along with some of jo's artwork)...
"Once the light goes on and you realise the food you so blithely eat actually causes massive, life-long, completely avoidable suffering to billions of animals, it’s not an easy epiphany to un-think.i find it encouraging, inspiring, uplifting to read of more and more people making the connection, acknowledging the atrocities humans perpetrate against other sentient beings, moving forward, embracing vegan philosophy and sharing what it means to be vegan in mainstream media... veganism is a truth whose time has definitely come...
A supermarket never looks the same, butcher shops become very dark places. The perversity of using smiling anthropomorphised animals to advertise packages of their own body parts grows almost chilling."
“In their behavior toward creatures, all men are Nazis. Human beings see
oppression vividly when they're the victims. Otherwise they victimize
blindly and without a thought." ―
Isaac Bashevis Singer
Checked out her catalogue of animal rights artwork, and it's powerful stuff indeed! Reminds me of the work by Sue Coe as well.
ReplyDeleteThanks for stopping by my blog last month, and sorry for the delayed reply. I appreciated the visit and comment! :)
always reading and always thinking; usually very hard after reading your blogs.
ReplyDeletethanks to you for stopping by have gone vegan... yes, powerful stuff, as is sue coe's art... heartening to see more artists getting their work and message into the mainstream...
ReplyDeleteand thank you sailor lily - i hope that one day soon you will experience your epiphany, your 'light bulb' moment where you open your heart to a truth that can no longer be denied... once you know, you can't unknow...