Indoctrination (Yellow Star)
from The Triumph of Romanticism
12" x 12"
acrylic on canvas
2016
This work was painted over and recreated into Carnival Flare from Cannibal Fare in 2023.
Exhibitions
Nicole Longnecker Gallery, Houston, Texas, The Triumph of Romanticism, September 10 - October 15, 2016
Houston, Texas, Visitation, January 14, 2017
Houston, Texas, November Open Studio, November 10, 2018
 

Indoctrination (Yellow Star) features the logo of Twitter, centered on a yellow field and overlaid on a star. The composition is sharp, minimal, and instantly legible. Twitter is not a platform for dialogue—it is a stage for declaration. Its logic is speed, compression, and emotional charge.


This canvas marks a terminal phase in the evolution of Romanticism: the collapse of narrative into reaction. From nationalism to propaganda, from advertising to social media, each stage refines the machinery of belief. Twitter distills it—into hashtags, outrage, and virality. The platform does not persuade—it polarizes.


The yellow star anchors the work within the series’ chromatic structure. It echoes the platform’s logic: bright, fast, and volatile.


Twitter does not indoctrinate through argument. It does so through repetition, brevity, and the emotional economy of attention.