Firstly, there is a new monkey picture and painting post. Someday I hope to not take up the lion's share of bluemonkeyproject posts. If you are reading this feel free to contact me for this or anything art related, reinopower@yahoo.com.
In regards to the pics on this post. One is a painting I am doing, actually they both are but clearly there is a difference. The story , as I see it, about the painting is posted on a different blog. I thought of some changes to make while typing this and hope to make them. I'll post on the painting site to see if you can tell the difference.
FINALLY on the subject of the two pics and their differences:
I was taking some shots of the painting for general purposes and was in the cropping stage. I noticed the unintentional compositional continuity of the painting plus some background in the photo. I liked the way it looked, the way it flowed. I was a little intrigued and a little charmed by its outcome. Now the question I am trying to raise is, "is it just me?" Particularly when one considers the previous post , I have to ask how much is me living in a crazy little world of self delusion and how much is appreciable, if not just visible, to others?
I am often saying that I want to devote my time and energy to art and its pursuit, but how far am I willing to go. In my opinion I am a bit timid and not one to take chances but am I able to put my money where my mouth is. An issue here is that I have little feed back or outside input into these ideas that I seem to be looking at. If one is to follow through on the ideology of the things I am trying to express how long can I be expected to "keep the faith" without some sort of validation.
This is starting to take the tone of a bible story and I apologize.
This is a real concern I think. I can keep working on my painting technique with a quantifiable sense of change if not improvement. The other intangible stuff, the conceptual and philosophical are not so clear. I do tend to live an insular life and my art community is not so broad. I am not in or from an art school environment, I am not on any scene nor am I with any real monetary means or sustainable career (artistic or otherwise). So there is not much latitude for me. I have these opinions and questions but writing them down here doesn't really foster them. If that in fact that is what needs to happen.
I guess all I am saying is if not validation then at least some amount of outside input would help me. Perhaps I hit the proverbial nail on the head with the use of the word "faith".
r.
2 comments:
I also like the juxtaposition of the painting with other stuff. I think there may be something in that .... like if you were to now paint the painting with the other stuff .... and so on.
I think this is what is meant by 'work comes from work.' The greater 'idea' is born out of these small moments of production. And then what will happen is that something else will come once you move on this idea.
Don't think too much ... some, but not too much.
Ah, another zen allegory, just be. Perhaps I should say the same allegory.
It'd be nice to spend some time just chasing whatever willo'thewisp catches your attention. Not so much as a general practice but to see how far and where it could take you.
My problem though isn't so much the merits of this kind production but the "yet another thing I cannot share or express to the outside world", problem.
blah blah blah.
Perhaps my concern is becoming some sort of art diva.
r.
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