Reality

In a world full of such a variety of human beings, who look, behave and think differently, it follows that just as there are tall and short, black and white, there are those who live in different worlds, both mental and physical.

Smoking receptacle

There are those who live in the outer physical world, the one generally agreed to be the 'real' one and those who inhabit their inner worlds of imagination and possibilities.  We all have inner worlds, maybe the difference is the amount of time we spend there.  For an artist like Johnny, it is his reality, just how he is.  Says Johnny,

‘I have been told that I do not see things the ‘right way’, that I am deluded.

Maybe I do see things differently but that is not to say wrongly - one man’s reality is another’s delusion perhaps. Art has given a purpose to my life. It has been a magical thing. Some people never experience that depth of absorption that cancels your whole being.’

Phil, Paul, Johnny Bangkok 2011

In my former life as a busy professional, I had little time to spend in my imagination and when I did have time, I needed someone or something to take me there: an author; a director; an artist.  Most of us live in this ever encroaching outer world.  Now and again, someone crosses your path who lives in the world of imagination and possibilities.  Johnny and brothers Paul and Phil are the ones who crossed mine.  Life has not been the same!