Anti-Fascist, Anti-Ableist, Pro-LGBTQ+, fucking weird art by WFL

Pain Propaganda

This alt text will describe the whole scene, rather than just this image.. Aside from the text above, of course. A black-body cloth mannequin sits atop a hypnotic spinner; This mannequin has 2 heads. One is lady justice, blindfolded. The other is lady liberty. A chain is wrapped around the torso of this mannequin, and a lock with a golden 'T' is emblazoned upon it. Behind this mannequin are dead and dying flowers, and a black wreath wraps around the base of it. The backdrop of the mannequin features an omonous, cloudy sky. Little severed fists and hands with the middle finger extended float around in the air surrounding the mannequin, wobbling precariously with wings extended. Rose petals slowly fall from the top of the scene to the bottom.

In case you're new here:

Pain Propaganda isn't just alliteration.

A heavily edited portrait of Will Leffert with crossed out eyes, wearing a black plate carrier with a pride flag patch and an "I Voted" sticker, flipping off the camera - except the middle finger is pixelated out.

I am Will: someone who lives in constant, unceasing physical pain. Pain that has limited me in so many ways; preventing me from pursuing my creativity the way I used to.

I also recognize a world full of pain. Fascism (foxtrot delta tango, all day long), ignorance and general hate surround us, causing a different kind of pain.

Studies show that swearing can actually reduce the impact of pain.. And as a music instructor once told me: Better to be vulgar than non-existent. That's a Bev Hensen quote, by the way.

I spread my own brand of vulgarity across the world, and share it with all of you, hoping you find your own relief in what I create. I may not have the more well-refined technique of my peers, but I stopped caring about that long ago.

If I had to nail down the motivation of my pain propaganda, it'd be this:

I don't create for the masses. I create for my fellow spoonies. My fellow LGBTQ+ folk. My fellow anti-fascists. My fellow fucking weirdos..

..But ultimately, as all art should be, I create for me.

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My Survivor Anthem

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Pain Propaganda is a source for alternative art by an alternative artist.

Pain Propganda is me taking my creative pursuits that I have developed over numerous years and sharing them with you, in the hopes that you'll spend a little money and buy something out of the menagerie of creativity that I have produced in various mediums.. And sometimes, that shit is "Fucking Weird".

This is from my piece "55 Percent"