Perhaps it would be better to view Tava's art as this
millennium's one dimensional
cave drawings,
teaching
future earth inhabitants where they came from,
while gently prodding our unwilling
"brethren"
toward the next millennium's inevitable
social acceptance of all people.
As "gay" people we have a moral and social obligation
to help others get in touch with their
fears about us
and
their
"natural' instinct to "love'
members of the same
sex, even if that
"love"
is not
expressed in physical or sexual ways.
I know many men who
"love"
other men
-- strongly enough that
they would die for each other.
This kind of love
between members of the same sex is expressed
beautifully throughout the ages --
even by searching
listings of famous homosexuals on the web
and they will continue to shine in the future,
whether it is expressed sexually or not.
Man's instinct to live with other men,
and woman's desire
to live with other woman,
is centuries old.
In fact the
earliest cultures
lived in
separate houses -- with members of the opposite sex
only joining to procreate.
Once the male child reached walking age,
and was ready to begin preperation as a hunter,
he was removed from the women's houses and
lived only with other men.
Aboriginal genital
modifications
were administered
in sexual rituals throughout the male's lifetime
as a testament to his manhood.
A large segment of men and women in
today's modern
"Conservative"
society also have their bodies tattoed or pierced.
The only difference is that the present thinking
considers
these manipulations elements of
Fashion
and not
coming of
age
symbols.
Through Tava's conceptual art, mankind may finally
experience their own
"coming of age"
by learning the secrets
that have been locked away in our so-called
"primitive"
past cultures.