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The idea of
making a painting with a forced effect, diminishes the artwork’s
effectiveness to communicate honestly – making it
a tool of propaganda instead – thus interfering with
being purposive with its own beauty of being, and simultaneously,
without purpose other than being. I am thinking of making
artwork that a viewer can just sit in front of - and be.
How does one
live as a light on a hill?
Just as in relationship,
honesty and integrity play essential roles if the goal of
that relationship is to enter a place of harmony and order.
If not, chaos will easily develop in the case of adversarial
dynamics between the hunter and the hunted, the controller
and the controlled. This even in the relationship of self.
A mistake in my past is that,
although I am painting honestly – or think I am being
as honest as I can be with what I am expressing, as to my
understanding of my place as an artist, as a person - I
am crippled by my lack of knowledge and experience, and
am instead making an honest expression of a lie or fantasy
(or at least a relative or partial honesty). But this is
the growth of a person - walking the path of the artist,
developing my soul in the process of painting. The paintings
are documentation of the process. Some see artwork as product
- in many cases and with many artists, the pieces of work
are are derivative of process (growth or entropy) –
and as glimpses into a soul, they become a historical document.
It is so important
that I continue to question my every intention. Growing
is more a matter of stripping away than it is of adding
– pruning and observation.
September
continued - Can One Be Hung By Loose Strings?...
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