Ownership, organization, clarification, information can all be identified in a tag. Endless stores, science labs, and manufactures tag their items to grab attention, to categorize, or to stake claim. Social sites such as Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, and Pintrest (to name a few) all give us the ability to attach tags to whatever we want. What if we step away from all of these things, the manufactured goods, projects, and all of our devices and look at ourselves?
Defining words have been placed on you and can be identified by anyone who sees you. You have tagged yourself. Intentionally or unintentionally, what did you say about yourself? Others have tagged you, what marks have they left visible? No matter how visible your tags already are, people automatically conjure all types of tags about you the moment they see you. Whether burdened by tags left by other people or ones you have placed on yourself, none of us are unmarked.
As an artist, I don’t want my work, my abilities, or any of my own markings to define me. I don’t want other’s definitions to weigh me down. I want the powerful, masterful hand of God to over shadow everything else. Tags might label, but they can’t define me, God does.
