Becoming is superior to being. (Paul Klee)
October 28, 2011
October 27, 2011
Freedom of Expression @ Occupy LA
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| How come ART is not in that equation?
History is happening!! I love it!! It is Uberly Creative and I fully support it.
Ever since Occupy Wall Street had started in September, I have been thinking to myself something huge is happening here! Folks are publicly expressing themselves in a ways that has not happened for decades! As a transformative artist, I have been drawn to the Art signs that folks are creating--the marks they intuitively make, the sound of the words they archive in ink, their choice of color--I feel all symbolize their own individual voice of expression and empowerment. I read an article (which I cannot relocate) by a writer, who was at Occupy Wall Street he said that he had witnessed a stranger, who just walking by the signs was stopped in their tracks and become enthralled by the signs. The writer saw the man spend well over an hour absorbing each expression and from his experience he was overcome with a state of reverence as he read each documented voice carefully.
I know that ART and its process is one of our ultimate individual Freedoms! Freedom to express what is within and freedom to give a voice to that which has no words. The other day I heard on PRI's The World this affirming story about Egyptian activist Ramy Essam Honored with Freemuse Award for Free Musical Expression. The first questions the interviewer Marco Werman asked Ramy was"Music is a Weapon" do you agree? Can ART, Music, Performance be a weapon? Do you agree? I do! Metaphorically, Emotionally, and Spiritually of course!! Our potential to Create and to express is our own personal weapon against all oppression and all of our personal tendencies for self destruction. From my own personal experience of being a wounded soul and from my own personal teaching of Transformative Art to 100s of Severely Emotionally Disturbed Youth -- I have seen the magic,Art is an extremely powerful weapon from trauma. It evokes healing and it empowers the higher Self within all of us. Also, Lauren and I at the ARTcart and at Take 5:ARTbreak Day have seen countless times the nascent human treasure of expression come alive and thrive with in folks creating in public space for Free. It is awe inspiring!! Last Sunday I decided to take a journey down to Occupy LA to document the amazing power of the freedom that is being expressed. All over the world the Occupy Movement is all about empowerment, dignity,creativity, defining a new narrative, and trying to make this crazy injustice world better for all. Below, I became a witness to history itself! |
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| When I took this shot, I did not see the guy in the background waving! I love it. At this camp they were offering free screen printing . |
On our Flickr site Freedom of Expression @ Occupy LA you can see all the pictures I took from the day. And I tried to document as many voices as possible. Send us your pictures of the Occupy movement in your city,tell us your thoughts or if your moved create your own sign of protest!
Peace and Namaste
October 25, 2011
I am an Artist: Karyl Lee-Ohio
Our I am an Artist is moving along in Ohio.
Here is our next interview with Karyl Lee, check out her lucid expression.
Why are you an artist?
I am an artist because I need a way in which to express my humanity, my self that doesn’t come easily in words. I am an artist to be able to live within this world successfully, with all of its joys, wonders, and horrors. I am an artist to be able to attempt to make the mind’s eye give its visions reality.
What is the role of process in your work?
Process for me can vary widely. Sometimes I am working to a specific purpose, so I will sketch, doodle, make a trial watercolor or drawing and then proceed to make the piece. If I am working 3 dimensionally I may make a model, usually on a very small scale. When it comes to the role of process, sometimes it’s very minimal. I am as likely to pick up a canvas, lay down a ground color and have at it with mediums and textures as I am to think about process per se. A lot of process in work for me has to do with the subconscious or sub-vocal development of concepts in my mind, and the work “self-articulates” to me as I go. Sometimes I find works are like characters in novels, or as I have heard writers describe them, having ‘minds of their own”. I don’t always have a plan and sometimes that leads to my most effective work.
Tell us your philosophy of Art?
Art is a gift, and a treasure. Everyone has a little of it, some have a great deal of it. It takes nurturing, practice, care and love to grow Art into something bigger than yourself that might reach others in a meaningful way. My Art is my legacy, the children I haven’t had. Art is my gift and my pleasure and something I hope gives to others enjoyment or interest or insight.
What inspires you?
The world at large inspires me, whether it’s the physical circumstances of environment and place or the kinetic energy of personal interactions. I am more moved by things not readily named than I am by still-lifes, more affected by emotional or psychic impact of events than by arrangements made for static viewing. Color always affects me deeply.
Who are your artistic ancestors?
I’m not sure how to answer this-I know someone said recently that she felt all art is derivative. I am not sure I agree with that, but I do think that two artists (or more) can be drawn to the same kinds of methods and materials, and conceptually arrive at similar results, just as two scientists in different places in the world can come up with the same questions and work up related answers. We do after all share the same kinds of brains and a common planet! I do know I was particularly drawn to some works by Paul Klee that my father had prints of, but I haven’t felt compelled yet to collect anyone’s work, with the exception of one Seurat print.
Check out these two articles As Ants Crawl Over Crucifix, Dead Artist Is Assailed Again and Jesse Helms: The Intimidation of Art and the Art of Intimidation
Do feel the US government has the right to censor art?
The right?
Probably not-although I can understand the impulse. I have seen some graphic works that I’d have rather not run into, but that doesn’t mean I agree with preventing the person producing it from doing that work. When the work is extremely violent or scatalogical in content, I am fairly disturbed myself—but I don’t want the artist locked up for it, unless physical harm is enacted in the production of it.
Do you feel art has a moral purpose?
I think art CAN have a moral purpose, but I am not sure it has to or needs to have a moral purpose. I do sometimes make art that has a political or moral inclination and projects my own feelings of engagement with a subject or matter or issue—but I am not sure that means it has a moral purpose-perhaps it’s more about ethics.
What is the role of the artist in our society?
Inspiration, provocation, celebration, reflection, jubilation, desolation, introspection, anger- name any emotional context you like—I think artists can speak not only for themselves but for those who don’t have that same capability. The artist’s intensity can be like a magnifying lens on the issues of prime importance on a local or global scale. Art seen around the world can bring badly needed attention for amelioration of struggles too big for the sufferers to encompass alone. Art can celebrate all the blessings of life at the edges of our commonly ignored borders, the places where we are more alike than we are different.
Where do you see yourself as an artist in 5 years?
I will still be making as much art as I can afford to make and sharing that with the world. My current ongoing investigation of dimensional works will be expanded in even greater ways.
What are your ultimate goals as an artist?
To do well enough as an artist to be able to support green space development in inner city areas that are desolate or destroyed and bring back the experience of natural environments where there may be none.
What does art mean to you?
Everything that isn’t family and friends.
Check out Karyl's online gallery Here
Here is our next interview with Karyl Lee, check out her lucid expression.
Why are you an artist?
I am an artist because I need a way in which to express my humanity, my self that doesn’t come easily in words. I am an artist to be able to live within this world successfully, with all of its joys, wonders, and horrors. I am an artist to be able to attempt to make the mind’s eye give its visions reality.
What is the role of process in your work?
Process for me can vary widely. Sometimes I am working to a specific purpose, so I will sketch, doodle, make a trial watercolor or drawing and then proceed to make the piece. If I am working 3 dimensionally I may make a model, usually on a very small scale. When it comes to the role of process, sometimes it’s very minimal. I am as likely to pick up a canvas, lay down a ground color and have at it with mediums and textures as I am to think about process per se. A lot of process in work for me has to do with the subconscious or sub-vocal development of concepts in my mind, and the work “self-articulates” to me as I go. Sometimes I find works are like characters in novels, or as I have heard writers describe them, having ‘minds of their own”. I don’t always have a plan and sometimes that leads to my most effective work.
Tell us your philosophy of Art?
Art is a gift, and a treasure. Everyone has a little of it, some have a great deal of it. It takes nurturing, practice, care and love to grow Art into something bigger than yourself that might reach others in a meaningful way. My Art is my legacy, the children I haven’t had. Art is my gift and my pleasure and something I hope gives to others enjoyment or interest or insight.
What inspires you?
The world at large inspires me, whether it’s the physical circumstances of environment and place or the kinetic energy of personal interactions. I am more moved by things not readily named than I am by still-lifes, more affected by emotional or psychic impact of events than by arrangements made for static viewing. Color always affects me deeply.
Who are your artistic ancestors?
I’m not sure how to answer this-I know someone said recently that she felt all art is derivative. I am not sure I agree with that, but I do think that two artists (or more) can be drawn to the same kinds of methods and materials, and conceptually arrive at similar results, just as two scientists in different places in the world can come up with the same questions and work up related answers. We do after all share the same kinds of brains and a common planet! I do know I was particularly drawn to some works by Paul Klee that my father had prints of, but I haven’t felt compelled yet to collect anyone’s work, with the exception of one Seurat print.
Check out these two articles As Ants Crawl Over Crucifix, Dead Artist Is Assailed Again and Jesse Helms: The Intimidation of Art and the Art of Intimidation
Do feel the US government has the right to censor art?
The right?
Probably not-although I can understand the impulse. I have seen some graphic works that I’d have rather not run into, but that doesn’t mean I agree with preventing the person producing it from doing that work. When the work is extremely violent or scatalogical in content, I am fairly disturbed myself—but I don’t want the artist locked up for it, unless physical harm is enacted in the production of it.
Do you feel art has a moral purpose?
I think art CAN have a moral purpose, but I am not sure it has to or needs to have a moral purpose. I do sometimes make art that has a political or moral inclination and projects my own feelings of engagement with a subject or matter or issue—but I am not sure that means it has a moral purpose-perhaps it’s more about ethics.
What is the role of the artist in our society?
Inspiration, provocation, celebration, reflection, jubilation, desolation, introspection, anger- name any emotional context you like—I think artists can speak not only for themselves but for those who don’t have that same capability. The artist’s intensity can be like a magnifying lens on the issues of prime importance on a local or global scale. Art seen around the world can bring badly needed attention for amelioration of struggles too big for the sufferers to encompass alone. Art can celebrate all the blessings of life at the edges of our commonly ignored borders, the places where we are more alike than we are different.
Where do you see yourself as an artist in 5 years?
I will still be making as much art as I can afford to make and sharing that with the world. My current ongoing investigation of dimensional works will be expanded in even greater ways.
What are your ultimate goals as an artist?
To do well enough as an artist to be able to support green space development in inner city areas that are desolate or destroyed and bring back the experience of natural environments where there may be none.
What does art mean to you?
Everything that isn’t family and friends.
Check out Karyl's online gallery Here
October 18, 2011
I am an Artist: Killian Skarr-Ohio
Our virtual road trip is moving along. Currently our I am Artist Interview Series is in the State of Ohio.
Here is our latest interview is with the ritual sculptor, Killian Skarr.
Why are you an artist?
I am an artist because I am obsessed. I am an artist because I can do no other thing. The time that I have to exist as a sentient creature is too brief to not gaze upon the world and interpret what I see. I have to make my visions manifest. There is nothing else for me to do with myself.
What is the role of ritual in your work?
I’m glad that you picked up on that. The process of creation itself contains many ritualistic elements, and obviously the performance aspect of my sculptures’ functional nature is highly ritualized. First, I can’t even begin the work on a major piece until I am thoroughly out of my skull. This I am able to achieve only through the exploitation of bipolar disorder. And just in case a chainsaw wielding maniac constructing torture devices in his back yard wasn’t crazy enough, I throw various drugs in there, illicit and otherwise, for good measure. I do realize the dangers inherent, to be sure– but I simply can not create without first being in a severely altered state of consciousness.
Of course this is not enough, one needs practiced skill also, and so you have an interplay between madness and necessity, folly and order. Just like ritual. And of course, once a sculpture is complete it serves a function not unlike a sacrificial altar, a concept that comes already loaded with ritual, to be mocked, or to be treated faithfully. Perhaps to an outside observer much of what I do would resemble a form of chaos magick or shamanism. Personally I have no belief in the efficacy of magic beyond a strictly psychological realm, except maybe for sorcery. But that’s really just a primitive attempt at science anyways.
Are you concerned that the message of your artwork may be missed due to it's provocative nature?
Provocation is an essential aspect to my art. You could say that it’s message is provocative. It forces one to focus, to shift one’s consciousness in a sense. It is my only aspiration to create an aesthetic that compels attention, that captures the eye, that hits one viscerally, even as the empathetic mind is made to imagine the violence and lust implied, or witnessed, in the functioning of these sculptures. The reality of our situation as rational animals is perverse, but without ugliness we can not have the beauty. Without the profane there is not that which is sacred. The masses dislike being reminded of this sort of harsh truth. They crave to return to comfortable falsities. In most cases they will likely resent the upset. The masses are reticent against all but the status-quo; by definition. And didn’t Christ himself admonish us to not cast pearls before swine?
Would you consider your work political art? why or why not?
In the same way that anything which reflects man’s nature can be interpreted through a political lens, of course it could be considered political. You could make the argument that any commentary upon torture, or man’s inhumanity to man in general can be considered political. I mean, isn’t it amazing that we all hold the concept “primitive torture device” somewhere in our mind– as if it were a Platonic form? I am highly anti-social though, and one reason for this is my utter and absolute cynicism regarding society and anything of a political nature. In my art I am speaking to individuals; not movements or ideologies.
Who are your artistic ancestors?
I find that I am moved by a great number of artists and artworks of a variety of eras and aesthetics. Currently I can’t get enough of ancient Chinese bronzes. Every single one is beautiful and exquisite, and only made more so by the colossal pass of time. It amazes me to no end how similar it is to indigenous Oceanic artists and Mayan artists and Celtic artists, and how similar again all that primitive and ancient art is to Gothic and Victorian motifs and even into Art Nouveau and Bio-mechanical. And then again how all of that resembles the computer generated mathematical equations of fractal geometry. I consider myself influenced by any artform, artwork and artist that presents a highly stylized echoing of nature and her manifold patterns.
Check out these two articles As Ants Crawl Over Crucifix, Dead Artist Is Assailed Again and Jesse Helms: The Intimidation of Art and the Art of Intimidation
a. Do feel the US government has the right to censor art?
b. Do you feel art has a moral purpose? Those were interesting articles.
It’s a shame Jesse Helms isn’t still alive– he’d love my stuff. I think it’s great that when conservatives are offended by art they make it their business to show it to as many people as possible, so that all may revel, with wide hungry eyes, in moral indignation. I think that censorship is unjust but inevitable. It’s not enough for a government to control its populous through financial means, they have to control ideologies as well. But the ugliness and beauty and perversity and pureness of the human condition will express itself regardless of what the ruling class deems acceptable. I just think it’s funny how they pick and choose. And art doesn’t have to have a moral purpose, but if it aspires to such it should provide a perspective into the reality of our collective situation. Art should look unflinchingly, no matter how unpleasant, at life and death and sex and violence and love and laughter and all the things that go into our existence as homo-sapiens. Censoring art is ignorant, in a literal sense– the censor ignores. Or more likely, wants others to ignore.
What is the role of the artist in our society?
One role an artist performs for a society is as the outsider. In similar fashion to shamans and how they kept themselves separate from the community. This they did not only to provide perspective, but also to shield themselves from influence. And like a shaman one must be called upon to fulfill the occupation. One must have a peculiar disposition to withstand the isolation, the ostracization. It takes someone a little twisted to resist the comfortable confines of the herd. And thus a culture generally looks upon outsiders with disdain. That is as it should be. The artist should make the herd uncomfortable, shake them a little, show them the world in which they live to an unpleasant degree of scrutiny. And so an artist might even fulfill the role of the devil, the rebel, the trickster and the corrupter.
Where do you see yourself as an artist in 5 years?
As an artist I have no idea where the next 5 years may take me. I have more ideas than time to actually bring them all into existence. I could, conceivably, keep making sculptures in a similar vein for as long as I can sustain this grueling process. Or I suppose I could find my passion leading me in a more abstract direction. Or then again I’ve always had a desire for realism festering deep down inside of me. I honestly don’t know. Of course there is always the distinct possibility that I will find myself institutionalized or dead in 5 years anyways. For me being an artist is a dangerous path, but it is the only one with purpose.
What are your ultimate goals as an artist?
I aspire to make art that circumvents culture, that cuts through all of the bullshit of our social species, that undeniably compels and mesmerizes and grabs hold of one’s focus and does not let go. I aspire to make art that hurts, even as it enlightens.
What does art mean to you?
In my mind art is the means by which the metaphorical soul is revealed to itself. Friedrich Nietzsche said something to the effect that a philosopher’s true character is revealed in the philosophies they espouse. I think the same is true of artists and their art. I wonder that says about me?
Here is our latest interview is with the ritual sculptor, Killian Skarr.
Why are you an artist?
I am an artist because I am obsessed. I am an artist because I can do no other thing. The time that I have to exist as a sentient creature is too brief to not gaze upon the world and interpret what I see. I have to make my visions manifest. There is nothing else for me to do with myself.
What is the role of ritual in your work?
I’m glad that you picked up on that. The process of creation itself contains many ritualistic elements, and obviously the performance aspect of my sculptures’ functional nature is highly ritualized. First, I can’t even begin the work on a major piece until I am thoroughly out of my skull. This I am able to achieve only through the exploitation of bipolar disorder. And just in case a chainsaw wielding maniac constructing torture devices in his back yard wasn’t crazy enough, I throw various drugs in there, illicit and otherwise, for good measure. I do realize the dangers inherent, to be sure– but I simply can not create without first being in a severely altered state of consciousness.
Of course this is not enough, one needs practiced skill also, and so you have an interplay between madness and necessity, folly and order. Just like ritual. And of course, once a sculpture is complete it serves a function not unlike a sacrificial altar, a concept that comes already loaded with ritual, to be mocked, or to be treated faithfully. Perhaps to an outside observer much of what I do would resemble a form of chaos magick or shamanism. Personally I have no belief in the efficacy of magic beyond a strictly psychological realm, except maybe for sorcery. But that’s really just a primitive attempt at science anyways.
Are you concerned that the message of your artwork may be missed due to it's provocative nature?
Provocation is an essential aspect to my art. You could say that it’s message is provocative. It forces one to focus, to shift one’s consciousness in a sense. It is my only aspiration to create an aesthetic that compels attention, that captures the eye, that hits one viscerally, even as the empathetic mind is made to imagine the violence and lust implied, or witnessed, in the functioning of these sculptures. The reality of our situation as rational animals is perverse, but without ugliness we can not have the beauty. Without the profane there is not that which is sacred. The masses dislike being reminded of this sort of harsh truth. They crave to return to comfortable falsities. In most cases they will likely resent the upset. The masses are reticent against all but the status-quo; by definition. And didn’t Christ himself admonish us to not cast pearls before swine?
Would you consider your work political art? why or why not?
In the same way that anything which reflects man’s nature can be interpreted through a political lens, of course it could be considered political. You could make the argument that any commentary upon torture, or man’s inhumanity to man in general can be considered political. I mean, isn’t it amazing that we all hold the concept “primitive torture device” somewhere in our mind– as if it were a Platonic form? I am highly anti-social though, and one reason for this is my utter and absolute cynicism regarding society and anything of a political nature. In my art I am speaking to individuals; not movements or ideologies.
Who are your artistic ancestors?
I find that I am moved by a great number of artists and artworks of a variety of eras and aesthetics. Currently I can’t get enough of ancient Chinese bronzes. Every single one is beautiful and exquisite, and only made more so by the colossal pass of time. It amazes me to no end how similar it is to indigenous Oceanic artists and Mayan artists and Celtic artists, and how similar again all that primitive and ancient art is to Gothic and Victorian motifs and even into Art Nouveau and Bio-mechanical. And then again how all of that resembles the computer generated mathematical equations of fractal geometry. I consider myself influenced by any artform, artwork and artist that presents a highly stylized echoing of nature and her manifold patterns.
Check out these two articles As Ants Crawl Over Crucifix, Dead Artist Is Assailed Again and Jesse Helms: The Intimidation of Art and the Art of Intimidation
a. Do feel the US government has the right to censor art?
b. Do you feel art has a moral purpose? Those were interesting articles.
It’s a shame Jesse Helms isn’t still alive– he’d love my stuff. I think it’s great that when conservatives are offended by art they make it their business to show it to as many people as possible, so that all may revel, with wide hungry eyes, in moral indignation. I think that censorship is unjust but inevitable. It’s not enough for a government to control its populous through financial means, they have to control ideologies as well. But the ugliness and beauty and perversity and pureness of the human condition will express itself regardless of what the ruling class deems acceptable. I just think it’s funny how they pick and choose. And art doesn’t have to have a moral purpose, but if it aspires to such it should provide a perspective into the reality of our collective situation. Art should look unflinchingly, no matter how unpleasant, at life and death and sex and violence and love and laughter and all the things that go into our existence as homo-sapiens. Censoring art is ignorant, in a literal sense– the censor ignores. Or more likely, wants others to ignore.
What is the role of the artist in our society?
One role an artist performs for a society is as the outsider. In similar fashion to shamans and how they kept themselves separate from the community. This they did not only to provide perspective, but also to shield themselves from influence. And like a shaman one must be called upon to fulfill the occupation. One must have a peculiar disposition to withstand the isolation, the ostracization. It takes someone a little twisted to resist the comfortable confines of the herd. And thus a culture generally looks upon outsiders with disdain. That is as it should be. The artist should make the herd uncomfortable, shake them a little, show them the world in which they live to an unpleasant degree of scrutiny. And so an artist might even fulfill the role of the devil, the rebel, the trickster and the corrupter.
Where do you see yourself as an artist in 5 years?
As an artist I have no idea where the next 5 years may take me. I have more ideas than time to actually bring them all into existence. I could, conceivably, keep making sculptures in a similar vein for as long as I can sustain this grueling process. Or I suppose I could find my passion leading me in a more abstract direction. Or then again I’ve always had a desire for realism festering deep down inside of me. I honestly don’t know. Of course there is always the distinct possibility that I will find myself institutionalized or dead in 5 years anyways. For me being an artist is a dangerous path, but it is the only one with purpose.
What are your ultimate goals as an artist?
I aspire to make art that circumvents culture, that cuts through all of the bullshit of our social species, that undeniably compels and mesmerizes and grabs hold of one’s focus and does not let go. I aspire to make art that hurts, even as it enlightens.
What does art mean to you?
In my mind art is the means by which the metaphorical soul is revealed to itself. Friedrich Nietzsche said something to the effect that a philosopher’s true character is revealed in the philosophies they espouse. I think the same is true of artists and their art. I wonder that says about me?
These were all excellent questions.
Thank you very much for including me in this project,
-Killian
Killian Skarr's Website
October 17, 2011
Experiments in Creativity #16 Help Nature ART
For years I have surfed the news on a daily basis to find interesting stories about Art, for my own personal research and well as to keep our Facebook page full of current art happenings. In my recent virtual travels I have seen a trend as everyone focusing on our failing economy, we collectively are all forgetting about something really important the Planet Earth and the dire Environmental Crisis it is in. There is also a large and scary body of politicians in our government, who feel that there is no crisis at all and they believe that rape and pillage of our Earth is the viable solution for recovery and growth in America. I am mortified on what"the most anti-environment House of Representatives in history" vision is for our Environment.Check out some of these headlines: GOP versus Mother Nature, Republicans Seek Big Cuts in Environmental Rules and most recently House Republicans Pass Coal Ash Regulations, Shift Power Away From EPA.
Aside, I also have seen fewer art news stories about environmental art in the mainstream media. I am certain that artists are still creating Eco Art it is just not being covered. Why?? I have no idea.
I feel besides writing our congresswomen/men and supporting your local and international environmental advocacy groups-- what can we do as Artists/Creatives about these devastating assaults on Nature?
I say go into Nature, Connect, Heal, Revere, and Create some Art with Her.
For my Experiment in Creativity #16- I simply want you to go out into Nature and create some ART! ----with the intention of reverence and connection. I realize this is just a small and random act, but I do feel it has power. I know ART has power, I know the creative act has power and I do know that Nature has power! What happens we you mix it all together? Love to see what will transpire!!
(Please document your process)
I am looking forward to hearing your experience and seeing your ART. Send images of your completed works for this or any of our past experiments via email to artismoving@gmail.com
Namaste, lisa
October 14, 2011
Lisa's Answer to Experiments in Creativity #15 Three Random Words
Artist Dan Cope sent us this interesting idea for one of our Creative Experiments called Three Random Words Simply put he suggested we think about randomness.
Here was the experiment: "This is all about randomness. Take a random book,open it to a random page,close your eyes and point to a random word. Do that three times. Take the three random words and arrange them so that they work as a title for a painting."
This was a very fun experiment. Mainly, because I love randomness, intuition. and chance in the creative process!! I thrive in it and it is pretty much how I process and create all my abstract expressionist paintings that I feel have a spiritual twist.
The random book that I choose was The World's Religions by Huston Smith. Great book by the way. It was randomly laying on my studio floor when I began this experiment. The words that choose me by chance were 1. not 2.rational 3. opposites. Then the phrase that I came up with was "Opposite Not Rational," I had been working on this painting sometime and the night that I gave it this name it came to a brilliant conclusion. My next part of my own personal process is to reflect on the painting for a while and see what comes up around it all.
Thanks Dan for the Experiment!!
Can't wait to see what everyone comes up with!
Send images of your completed works for this or any of our past experiments via email to artismoving@gmail.com
And, if you have an idea for a future Experiment in Creativity, share it with us!
Here was the experiment: "This is all about randomness. Take a random book,open it to a random page,close your eyes and point to a random word. Do that three times. Take the three random words and arrange them so that they work as a title for a painting."
This was a very fun experiment. Mainly, because I love randomness, intuition. and chance in the creative process!! I thrive in it and it is pretty much how I process and create all my abstract expressionist paintings that I feel have a spiritual twist.
The random book that I choose was The World's Religions by Huston Smith. Great book by the way. It was randomly laying on my studio floor when I began this experiment. The words that choose me by chance were 1. not 2.rational 3. opposites. Then the phrase that I came up with was "Opposite Not Rational," I had been working on this painting sometime and the night that I gave it this name it came to a brilliant conclusion. My next part of my own personal process is to reflect on the painting for a while and see what comes up around it all.
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| Opposite not Rational (Close up) |
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| Opposite not Rational |
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| Opposite Not Rational |
Can't wait to see what everyone comes up with!
Send images of your completed works for this or any of our past experiments via email to artismoving@gmail.com
And, if you have an idea for a future Experiment in Creativity, share it with us!
October 11, 2011
Art is Moving @ West End Village Festival
Art is Moving @ West End Village Festival, a set on Flickr.
What a fabulous festival!!
I think we will be invited again! San Rafael is such a great community and really loves the Free ART making process!!
What a fabulous festival!!
I think we will be invited again! San Rafael is such a great community and really loves the Free ART making process!!
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