Jan 1st MMIX 
The Rise of an Animated Hegemony and its Rodentian Dictator:
or How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love Mickey Mouse..
hildhood and impression go hand in hand. I grew up surrounded by the dream of Disney. Some of my earliest Artistic Memories are of myself drawing characters from the DISNEY line-up. I remember particularly liking to draw Mickey and characters from the Jungle Book. Disney and it's iconography undoubtedly hold a cultural sway over the minds ( and hearts ) of millions; myself included.
I know that throughout the decades Mickey and his animated cohorts have propagated sexist, bigoted, conservative, colonial, consumer-centric, xenophobic and even racist agendas via countless cartoons and assorted media. Yet somehow, through the undoubted Hegemony of Disney, the Image Endures. In my mind this Rodentine Tramp is Iconic... Mickey is the stuff dreams are made of. His spherical Ears and Oblong Head emblazoned on my childhood memories like a logo.
I offer you this re-visioning of a mouse that is so much more... His pose arrogant and cornucopian. He is resplendent and pregnant with possibility. I've paid homage by scribing his form as more poetic, and lyrical than sharply defined. This is an ode to his permanence. This one goes out to my ninja Mickey...
† FROM CLASSICISM to POST MODERNISM † Disney to the Death.
Peace Be With You †
