I’d give my left nut to go do this. WHY HAVEN’T I?!
(Source: longergone)
I thought about a criticism that has stunted my artistic growth for the last 10 months or so. This is me letting go of that comment. I thought, well, I can either sit and take this crap, or I can stand up to it, and prove her wrong.
CHALLENGE ACCEPTED.
Love.
‘versus’ by David Letellier (kinetic sound sculpture - VIDEO)
artist david letellierhas developed a kinetic sound sculpture entitled ‘versus’. the piece consists of two fan-like components placed on two walls facing one another within a small gallery space. both units are built from twelve triangular, hinged panels arranged in a circle around a loudspeaker and microphone, powered by six linear actuators moved by a digitized system. ‘versus’ works in the way that one piece emits a small sound to which the other simultaneously records and analyzes this noise, then spinning and shifting according to the frequency of the initial tone. the second sculpture now plays back the recorded sound including any errors from disturbances of sound observed in the space by the influence of visitors. the altered sound continues to play back and forth between the two pieces, building upon the tone just before. the communication occurring between the sculptures becomes a degraded entity, adding to depth and complexity to the work then superseding the power of the basic form of the structure, now existing as a mutating, independently forming piece within the gallery space.
[Via designboom]
Photo Collage by Kim Hee-Soo
Even the ancients are dirtier than me. Dating back to 330 BC in Corinth this bronze mirror is known as “The Lioness”
Be uncertain of your ideas, but not your purpose.
“Doubt is not a pleasant condition, but certainty is absurd.” – Voltaire
Feeling certain can be a large burden for creative endeavors.
The inventor who goes out in search of what he is confident to be an ideal, perfect machine, is doomed for failure. By being married to his vision of what his invention should be, he doesn’t see the better solution just around the edges.
We can see this problem almost every day. We all settle into ideas because we’re so sure they’ll work, and when they don’t work we keep pushing on them, spending countless hours to try and fit our square peg of an idea into the round hole of a goal.
Instead, our creative process should be the opposite. We shouldn’t be married to ideas, we should instead be married to goals, visions, and purposes.
If your purpose is to create artwork that inspires, creating art using only crayons may not be the best way to go about it. If your vision is to be the best improv actor this side of the globe, you can’t be married to the idea that opening your own theater is the way to get there. This is important because wasting your time on an idea that isn’t working is just that: a waste of time. Pursuing ideas that aren’t right means you’re wasting time that you could otherwise be devoting to the right efforts.
Being married to an idea is an efficient way to waste energy and resources.
It’s natural to pursue certainty, but it’s unnatural to align that certainty to mere ideas. Instead, be open to the fact that your ideas may not be the best, that there may be a better solution waiting for you to discover it. Instead of defining yourself by your ideas, define yourself by your goals and vision.
Creative insights often hide here, just outside where we’re so certain they are.
(Source: creativesomething.net)
PATHOS
I am missing this in my art. I need to make others FEEL something. Pathos is the power in an actual life experience or inliterature, music, speech, or other forms of expression, of evoking pity or compassion.
