As most of you don’t know, unlike most indecisive people, I have a favorite of everything. My favorite numbers are 2 and 7, my favorite animal is a lion, I adore being adorned in black and white, my favorite book is Reena Spauldings, my favorite quote and tagline is “All frills, all Ferocity,” my favorite aesthetic is minimal, clean and timeless so my home is basically all open space and white-colored, and so on. Alas, when I stumbled upon Arjan Jansen’s series entitled “The State of Indifference,” it was as if I had found not only the quintessential, metaphorical embodiment of all of my favorites but also an exquisite representation of all that is now: our currently inflated economy combined with our ever-present covid19 (more like 19-23+) state-of-mind. Yes, it’s as if I found myself - and our world - precisely translated in heavy strokes and minimal colors applied across 7 canvases and I was wow’d for the 3rd time in my life. I clicked “contact” because I needed to know more, about the artist, about the collection, about each painting, each stroke and so on. It had been about a year since I had found myself as inspired as I was that day when I discovered Arjan Jansen and the following weeks of emails unrolled like a magical carpet beneath my feet; I wasn’t sure of the destination but the ride was extremely satisfying.