Simon Pateson
The Great Bear
“The Great Bear is a 1992 lithograph by Simon Patterson. At first glance the work looks like the London Underground Tube map, but Patterson uses each line to represent groups of people, from scientists, saints and philosophers to comedians, explorers and footballers. He subverts the concept of maps and diagrams as authoritative sources, and challenges our assumption that they can be utilised without question by taking this iconic information source and adding his own idiosyncratic data to it.”
Recently encountered some discussions of economic status and who then we befriend. For me its all rubbish- I believe it has no relevance in our relationships especially at this age, where we are all still growing and have not yet had the chance to win our own life and social status and instead are categorized by the status of our parents rather then our own gains. It seems then irrelevant to judge, and to diverge from each other on this basis. People should be judged by who they are as a person, in the inside, their actions, there hopes, dreams and aspirations- and above all their sincerity and honesty.
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