[Oil Painting, Portrait], 10 by 10 in, (25 by 25 cm),
I.V. Passmoore, 1995

Popularized in the 1970s by a perennially best-selling book, the theory postulates, simply, that you can't predict the future movement of stocks based on the past. Most adherents of the theory even discredit the validity of any fundamental or technical analyses. I think it makes more sense when you apply it to the life histories of people.

This formerly famous personality is now wasting away in a lowly basement apartment that reeks of spilled diesel. Though his name is still to this day mentioned alongside such lofty celebrities as Ted Turner, Barbara Walters and Katie Couric (by those in-the-know), he himself has settled into an oddly anomalous state. It goes to show: no matter how bright one's flame shines early in life, it's no indicator of what to expect in the future. More so than stocks, people have random walk trajectories largely dependent on luck.

Humanity should not permit exceptional human beings to be forgotten. Just as Mozart and Vivaldi did not deserve paupers' graves, this fellow shouldn't look as forlorn as he does.

Excessive fatigue, jaded, blasé, indifferent, fatigued, drained

Series Description: -Ranging from major depression to minor melancholy, an exploration of the faces of the unhappy.

A selection of 10 more titles in this series --
Funeral Picture: a Black & White Procession | Cold Blue Social Isolation: a Depressing Picture | Picture of a Sad Face | Terrorized Employee | What does random walk theory mean? | Ominous Tidal Wave Picture | Smoking Tough Guy Image | Mother's Fright & Harbor of Resentment in Daughter | Picture of Mean Girls Embarrassing Someone | Melancholy Personality adopting the guise of Ambivalence |

Summary of titles in the "Sad People Pictures" series --
6 Pastel Paintings | 5 Oil Paintings | 2 Pencil Sketch/Drawings | 2 Watercolor Paintings | 2 Linoleum Prints | 1 Oil on Linen Paintings | 1 Pen & Ink Sketch/Drawings |