tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17876496.post5506945111041627425..comments2023-12-23T14:03:12.673-06:00Comments on Process: Observations and Random Acts of BlindnessM.A.H.http://www.blogger.com/profile/02303746220928405906noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17876496.post-52771706165133068092013-01-27T15:06:42.748-06:002013-01-27T15:06:42.748-06:00Yes, great post. I love this part.
I've los...Yes, great post. I love this part. <br /><br />I've lost count how many times I've heard people dis flower paintings and representational work since moving here. I realize not everyone pans flower paintings as if they're the black hole of intelligent thought process, but still... they're good scapegoats. Long ago, I remember my own bias. To me, representational work was more opaque than abstraction. I wanted there to be more, but for whatever reason I didn't have the patience to get there. I obviously no longer feel this way and at times feel like I've crossed an invisible barrier to the other side. Nowadays, I'm more prone to be bored with theory, as though in the long run, it's not a sustainable form of energy. I think about this quite a bit, sometimes smugly."Elaine Marihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06277978260041137391noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17876496.post-49398601235864574222013-01-22T11:48:48.256-06:002013-01-22T11:48:48.256-06:00Great post. I am house-sitting/plant-sitting a Cer...Great post. I am house-sitting/plant-sitting a Cereus. It's outside all summer, I accidentally under-watered it during the drought, then it's inside for winter. I water about every 10 days. It's about to take over the room, it's so big. It has off-spring - I could do a switch-a-roo next time I visit, but you'd have to forget I told you about it. <br /><br />I have always thought a benefit of living here (non-coastal, non-art center) is that an artist can more readily engage in strange personal narra-scapes. Not necessarily as an escape, or an overt rejection of broader art dialogues, but as genuinely independent investigations. I think such work does fit back in to the larger dialogue, in the more serious/established art centers. Unfortunately, I think such work is more likely to be dismissed by the local art establishments, where obvious,known signifiers of artistic value are a prerequisite.<br /><br />The photo doesn't show just how dark that half of the show was. It was truly unviewable, which is ridiculous. Still, fun to meet and see the rest of the show, and MAH! Carlahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00441252185724289126noreply@blogger.com