Hope is being restored to my artistic void. My exposure machine finally arrived this past week. Still working out how to organize everything, but at least all the pieces are present. Pretty soon I will be back to creating some quality prints! One needs to have a challenging task to get into a productive mental zone. Even if it seems chaotic to others, one needs to organize their own universe of thoughts and actions.
Life is about choices – as both Neo and Alice demonstrated. Whether to take the blue pill or the red pill? Sometimes it may be better just to hide the capsule under your tongue.
Decisions, decisions, decisions. You can weigh all the pros and cons, but it all comes down to what you know is right for you inside. The mind is logical, but the gut has it’s own insight. Anyone who has read Malcolm Gladwell’s “Blink” can relate to the methodology of keeping in mind that initial impulse, and referring back to it after exploring all the external justifications we can come-up with.
Trick or Treat? Definitely a Treat. We had Prof. Terry Barrett come to our Seminar class and facilitate a critique of some of our fellow grads’ works. The man showed how it can be done constructively and with many voices productively contributing. He has a new book coming out soon from McGraw-Hill, ” Making Art: Form & Meaning.”
In a few days I roam out to my next challenge in Ohio. Blake talked about Man battling against his own “Mind Forged Manacles.” Wish me luck as I push beyond my mental boundaries before they benight me. And I hope for the best to all my friends out there who are attempting the same. Carry on!