{"product_id":"selfie","title":"Selfie - Waiting on the World to Change","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eTITLE: Selfie - Waiting on the World to Change\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family: 'Century Gothic',sans-serif;\"\u003eArtist:\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family: 'Century Gothic',sans-serif;\"\u003e Thomas Marshall Carnell\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto;\"\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family: 'Century Gothic',sans-serif;\"\u003eThe story behind the art:\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family: 'Century Gothic',sans-serif;\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family: 'Century Gothic',sans-serif; color: black;\"\u003eWhen people say they are “waiting for the world to change,” what they often mean is that they have come to feel powerless before it. They see war, corruption, and waste and feel themselves too small for the work of repair. It is easier, perhaps, to imagine some great turning of history than to believe one’s own hands might set a stone back in its place. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family: 'Century Gothic',sans-serif; color: black;\"\u003eScreens deepen this sense of helplessness. They are mirrors that reflect culture back at us, but not evenly. Algorithms favor what shouts the loudest; beauty reduced to fashion, success measured by wealth, happiness purchased in goods. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family: 'Century Gothic',sans-serif; color: black;\"\u003eBut resignation breeds loneliness, and the glow of the screen deepens it. The screen repeats back to us what the crowd already shouts: beauty made shallow, success made hollow, a life measured only in clicks. The quieter truths; the dignity of \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family: 'Century Gothic',sans-serif; color: black;\"\u003elabor, the worth of the overlooked, the patience of friendship, are left unheard. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family: 'Century Gothic',sans-serif; color: black;\"\u003eAn alternative begins with creation. This book is meant to speak into that silence. Here are lives and faces from other places, whose loves and labors are not so different from our own. Creation is not simply self-expression; it is a way of shaping the world, of planting seeds against the erosion of meaning. It restores agency, giving us back the possibility of influence, however small, and the dignity of contributing to something larger than ourselves. This book attempts such a work of creation. In gathering stories, images, and voices from diverse cultures, it seeks not only to remind us of difference but to show our kinship. Across continents, people love, labor, and hope in ways that resonate with our own.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family: 'Century Gothic',sans-serif; color: black;\"\u003eAcquire the Master original artwork\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family: 'Century Gothic',sans-serif;\"\u003eTo inquire about purchasing the master artwork, please use our contact page. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family: 'Century Gothic',sans-serif;\"\u003eFor the collector, a unique piece created directly by the artist and available nowhere else.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3 class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cb style=\"font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, 'San Francisco', 'Segoe UI', Roboto, 'Helvetica Neue', sans-serif; font-size: 0.875rem;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family: 'Century Gothic',sans-serif;\"\u003eLimited Edition Giclée Prints – Only 100 Available!\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family: 'Century Gothic',sans-serif;\"\u003eExperience the exceptional quality of Thomas Marshall Carnell's work with our limited Giclée print series. 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