I can’t get the conceptual stuff out of my head. Having posted my rant against it, I am compelled to actually do it. I found myself thinking that I sound like the mother at the art show exclaiming, “My 4 year old could do that,” and realized that before I can reject I have to experience. Having said that, I spent most of the weekend clearing a new studio space to do some exploration. If there is truth to the premise, one should be able to get to the same place regardless of the starting point. If I go in first with my mind, can I meet the emotion? So, two studios now and wondering where to find the time….
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“If I go in first with my mind, can I meet the emotion?”
If your memory is textured and fine-tuned enough to not only resurrect–in your mind–material details from the past like colors, scents, and words, but also the circumstances that shaped your emotional state at that time, you may be able to recapture some or even much of the spiritual essence of the ancient emotion, but it will always be elusive, moreso the further back you have to go (except in dreams, which tap into some reservoir of the mind where the rawest emotions you experienced as a child are well-fossilized, if not actually still operative at a subconscious level).
True. Still, the thing that gives me pause when it comes to conceptual work is that the artists seem to have all the details worked out at the onset. For me, always, art is a process of discovery and dialog through which (on a good day) a deeper meaning or understanding is revealed. If I am just making a statement, instead of asking a question, what knowledge do I stand to gain?
So one of your sculptures usually embodies a question, and not the answer?
Get on Facebook.
…or do you start with a question, and work your way to the answer?
Yes, unless the answer eludes me and I end up with the next question. I am, btw, on facebook.
Yes.
Destiny..you may be on “Facebook”, but you are more than just a pretty face! Your work is full of creativity and a sense of wonderment…and those of us who work in the humdrum world of “business” envy your work in the “dungeon”. We may have windows to the world to gaze out of daily, but you have captured the spirit of life with your endeavors. Stuart stuevepinkert@earthlink.net
I think all creative endeavor is a window both to the world and to ourselves. There is often as much creativity in business as there is in art but it is seldom credited as such. Solving problems, thinking “outside the box,” relationship building and ultimately, the process of one’s endeavors are as much an art form as any other. It is an art to live well, it is an art to love, and it is an art to appreciate. Capturing the “spirit of life” is one gift, embracing that spirit and celebrating it is another.
The etymology of “art” comes from the Latin word *artem,* which means “skill as a result of learning or practice,” so anyone can transform any occupation into an art form if they’re so inclined.
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