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black flag

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Statement

United States Black Flag

This flag is temporary, meant to represent the state at a certain stage of operation, providing a context to juxtapose with the traditional United States flag in its perfection and stolid symbolism: the 50 stars, 13 stripes, red white and blue colors. If the state were corrupted these very ideas could be subverted into a type of faithful obeisance, yet which functions against the ideals and constitution of the state itself, even while 'representing' a populace within.

Thus, removing the color from the flag is removing that truth it is said to represent, from the current functioning. So too the orderly alignment of stars, representing light and truth, instead become scattered, separated. The stripes instead of a cohesive alignment of structure are made into barriers that hold people apart from more organized relations. And in this new context, a flag is born. Meant to more accurately represent the given situation of the eternal state within this more complex scenario.

(Reference: Jasper Johns. 2x3'. nylon fabric, thread. 3/9/12)