Apologies: A journey toward self-discovery through an unraveling of the masculine tradition

Abstract

What is the Measure of a Man? Before allowing the brain to run away giggling with euphemistic glee, consider the import of this question as it has effected boys for centuries as they grow, not only in personhood but inexorably toward the four-walled confinement of what is defined as "Manhood." Being a man in my early 30's I am increasingly confronted by how my own identity is shaped in relation to this box. Thus, within my current body of work one central question arises that forms the foundation upon which all other thematic notions find their footing; What kind of man am I?