Currency Assembly

2025 December #013. A meeting of worlds unfolds across a landscape electric with symbolic tension. On the left, a figure in brilliant blue commands space from behind a white desk, backed by the unmistakable gleam of a golden dollar sign that rises like a monument. Angular slashes of orange and yellow cut through pale sky—the visual grammar of capital announcing itself with geometric certainty. But the eye cannot rest there. A central figure in red and blue lifts a scarlet star overhead, creating a vertical axis that disrupts the horizontal flow. This gesture transforms the entire tableau into a question: where will you direct your gaze? What claims your allegiance? To the right, labor presents itself in human scale—a figure in yellow offering a tray of colorful implements, flanked by witnesses in darker tones. These tools and bottles glow with their own insistence, demanding recognition for the work of hands and the value of craft. The painting's poster-like clarity feels engineered for competition, each element optimized to capture and hold the wandering eye. In this carefully balanced composition, attention itself becomes the contested territory. The golden sign pulls with its promise of wealth. The red star burns with ideological fervor. The colorful tools seduce with tangible beauty. We stand before this frozen negotiation, our focus the prize being sought. In an age where looking is spending and seeing is valuing, the painting reveals its essential truth: every image is a battlefield, and your attention the currency that determines which world prevails.