I can’t see who’s in the picture that you’re drawing. . . Is it you?
This work is reminiscent of Escher’s two hands caught in a paradoxical loop . . . endlessly drawing themselves into existence . . . it is a photo taken by the artist of himself, drawing an image of “himself?” copied from a photo, which was taken by the artist of himself. . . and so on. I could be way off the mark with this interpretation, but it doesn’t really matter, because, for me, Art only becomes meaningful when it generates dialogue and an important “segment" of the creative process is feedback, regardless of whether or not it matches the artist’s intention.
I agree with that comment. Otherwise art is dead. Dead art is a tragic circumstance though fairly common I imagine be it through lack of exposure or effort. I like to think that the expression has a ripple effect or better yet a spore effect where each expression generates a number of seeds that burst from a post process dialogue such as this one. And if they are fortunate enough, they will find fertile ground and grow into an extension of the preceding offering.
As in this case. That being said, the drawing is not of myself but interesting thoughtful interpretation none-the-less.
It seems to me that art lives inside the artist and that if the artist is present and listens and allows, whatever is expressed becomes seen. To me art is either seen or unseen by the artist and the observer. Creative expression can become more fluid with the appreciation of the observer and in the listening of others... In dance and music, there is a specturm of presence to the creative flow the degree of presence within your body and the music... this attracts the presence of the observer and there is more aliveness and vitality in the creation. This creative vigor can feed those who are looking for creative inspiration and turns on the ability to see possibility inside of themselves, however that may look. The blessing and curse about dance and music is that (aside from taping) there is only the moment to moment creation and the canvas is youself and the audience, and then the moments are gone and the pictures live only in the memories of those present. The tricky part is either remembering these moments or letting go of them (for me). Love the invitation for discourse!
It's those intangibles that make art and life so appealing. Beauty is fleeting and its the ebb and flow journey to incapsulate and express that makes the moment have meaning. Its when everything becomes aligned and the connection between artist and audience is made that those instances of understanding or appreciation truly take hold. Like a blossoming flower. Temporary but infinite providing the grounds are fertile.
that depends on what you’re trying to create; different seeds have different requirements.
The value of a work of art is not isolated and absolute. It lies in the work's potential or capacity to engage others. For me, dialogue is an essential part of the creative process. . . without dialogue creative seeds would not blossom.
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I can’t see who’s in the picture that you’re drawing. . . Is it you?
This work is reminiscent of Escher’s two hands caught in a paradoxical loop . . . endlessly drawing themselves into existence . . . it is a photo taken by the artist of himself, drawing an image of “himself?” copied from a photo, which was taken by the artist of himself. . . and so on.
I could be way off the mark with this interpretation, but it doesn’t really matter, because, for me, Art only becomes meaningful when it generates dialogue and an important “segment" of the creative process is feedback, regardless of whether or not it matches the artist’s intention.
I agree with that comment. Otherwise art is dead. Dead art is a tragic circumstance though fairly common I imagine be it through lack of exposure or effort. I like to think that the expression has a ripple effect or better yet a spore effect where each expression generates a number of seeds that burst from a post process dialogue such as this one. And if they are fortunate enough, they will find fertile ground and grow into an extension of the preceding offering.
As in this case. That being said, the drawing is not of myself but interesting thoughtful interpretation none-the-less.
It seems to me that art lives inside the artist and that if the artist is present and listens and allows, whatever is expressed becomes seen. To me art is either seen or unseen by the artist and the observer. Creative expression can become more fluid with the appreciation of the observer and in the listening of others... In dance and music, there is a specturm of presence to the creative flow the degree of presence within your body and the music... this attracts the presence of the observer and there is more aliveness and vitality in the creation. This creative vigor can feed those who are looking for creative inspiration and turns on the ability to see possibility inside of themselves, however that may look. The blessing and curse about dance and music is that (aside from taping) there is only the moment to moment creation and the canvas is youself and the audience, and then the moments are gone and the pictures live only in the memories of those present. The tricky part is either remembering these moments or letting go of them (for me). Love the invitation for discourse!
It's those intangibles that make art and life so appealing. Beauty is fleeting and its the ebb and flow journey to incapsulate and express that makes the moment have meaning. Its when everything becomes aligned and the connection between artist and audience is made that those instances of understanding or appreciation truly take hold. Like a blossoming flower. Temporary but infinite providing the grounds are fertile.
What is your recipe for maintaining fertile ground for creating? What is essential and what is decadence?
that depends on what you’re trying to create; different seeds have different requirements.
The value of a work of art is not isolated and absolute. It lies in the work's potential or capacity to engage others. For me, dialogue is an essential part of the creative process. . . without dialogue creative seeds would not blossom.
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