Contemporary Art And Word
Lyrical Abstraction? Neo Expressionism? Natural Logic?
Neo Expressionism -- The Feral Image
January, 2004
Process=Thought + Technique
Concept=Thought
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Process.......Dictionary.........something going on:Proceeding..a natural phenomenon marked by gradual changes that lead
to a particular result.......a natural continuing activity or function....a series of actions or operations conducing to an
end.....
Enough.........Now to
Concept...........Dictionary........Something conceived in the mind(thought, notion)..........An abstract or generic
idea generalized from particular instances
Throw in:
Conception..........the capacity, function, or process of forming or understanding ideas or abstractions or their symbols...
And
Conceptual........of, relating to, or consisting of concepts
Thus
Conceptual Art............an art form in which the artist's intent is to convey a concept rather than create an art object....
Now, assume that in the life of an artist, as in Nature, Process has NO end........It is continuous........rather....a
series......of techniques......with no purposeful intent of completion....rather, of incompletion.........
Concept is the fuel which feeds the machine(process)....
In concept one is dealing with pure energy(thought-idea-feeling)
In process one is dealing with energy plus technique(materials)
The "end" product can never be realized..........(process)
For Concept itself is ever-changing
As infinity............(at least our present idea of it, whatever the Moment might be)
Empirical Notions, to be sure.......But let's not go there...That's many chapters unto itself.............
So we have the creative individual, or Nature for that matter, in the midst of Concept and Process(not to be confused
with manufacturing--whether Tonka Toys or factory art)....Pure energy both..........Process perhaps the momentary realization
(idealization of) of Concept..........and perhaps.......the relationship could be reciprocal.........an endless spiral...of
thought-idea-feeling.........
And of course, in this endless play of words, Concept Is a Process..............(of thought)
Is it possible to discern between the two?.............(Process and Concept)
I think Not
Only the physical act of Process......is indicative....of realization of concept through Process..........................But
that is only an indicator...............Nothing more
Temporary by-products along the way..........Unfinished, vertical streams of ideas and information.............as catalyst
for.........and to.............
Which leads one to art and artifact
Art...........acquired by experience, study, observation.....a branch of learning(Process)............
Artifact..........remaining from a particular period(caves, pictures on museum walls, etc.)
When does one(art) become the other(artifact)
Easy..........Simple..........As soon as the idea(notion) is actualized through physical Process(technique).............thus.....
............becomes a known...........as part of the stream of consciousness(and knowledge).............it loses(or at
least Should) all relevance to the individual doing it........And becomes artifact(no longer needed or useful for purpose)....
But enough on this for now.........More later
Contemporary Abstract Expressionist -- Feral Expressionism
January 25, 2004
The days grow longer now....Energies rise.......as soon Spring waters also will.........As the axis turns my thoughts
and energies turn........................................As winter still imposes its' will and its' way, currents of change
begin to stir within their slumber.....Amorphous masses awaiting their entry into this world............Amorphs.........Not
seeking form.............for in formlessness is form.................
Abstract Painting -- Creative Evolution
February 1, 2004
I Wonder
Just what is that hermit crab doing in his shell out there right now?
What are my friends the gators doing buried up in the protection of the mud and the dirt of the swamp and the marsh on
these cold, cold days?
Just what are all of my reptile and amphibian friends doing out there at this moment?
Heard the Spring Peepers the other night
Misled briefly by interlude of warmth
And my friends the birds
They do quite well
in the warmth of down
the escape of flight
Yes, I do wonder
and delight
For what is this, indeed any, world without wonder?
Empty hallways and corridors of mind
Vacuous interludes
and finely reasoned schizophrenia
Yes, I wonder
My favorite mammalian friends of the deep
Out there somewhere
Chasing schools of bait fish in warmer and warmer waters
Hah, distance accelerated by temperature no less
Yes, out there somewhere
And beside me
Spinning tales and telling yarns
delighting me with presence
and knowledge
and the utter simplicity that we Are
Yes, I wonder
That the wonder of Wonder Is Wonder
Such a silent tribute
witness
signpost
path
Feeling
And destiny
Yes, I wonder
Abstract Artist -- Art, Nature, Logic, Wonder
March 22,2004
We are an accumulation of something that does not exist(past) contributing to something that does not exist(future)
Now
The guiding force(consciousness) directing all this is of course Nature(not us, except as a part)
Now Is Eternity
Eternity Is Now
To Create is to Exist………………………………..Existence
Not to Create is not to exist…………………………Non Existence
August 3. 2004
The sweetness of whisper
The sublime solitude of sound...less...ness
The quiet of a calm sea
The mist in evening shadow
And
The storm of uncertainty
The uncertainty of change
What glorious opposites
Yes!
The evolving and expanding mind accepts no such obstacles
In fact, thrives on them
Ha
If they(uncertainty and change) were not there, the fertile(creative) mind would just have to invent them
Else
Retreat to a world of superficiality and human bliss(let’s go shopping)
But that’s another story, isn’t it?
Would seem to be a paradox, wouldn’t it?………….This quiet, calm, contemplative mind and the
one of chaos and change and tumultuous evolution………..But it is not……It is as it is and as it
should be……….It is Nature………….She too, in her quiet moments of yes consciousness
and deliberateness………….And yes she too in her moments of absolute force and cataclysmic power and
chaos and upheaval and destruction and construction………..We differ not…………..We are
the same………..Whatever our form…………Whatever Our mind
Kinetic Abstraction -- Ecstatic Dance
Contemporary Image -- Nature's Gift
August 7, 2004
We Are the creation of Nature………..………..And we in turn Must Create
In this vein
One’s life Is one’s creation
But it must be a state of reciprocity
Between Nature and oneself
For if we truly are a part we Are Nature(Jeffers’ "Love That"……etc…………comes to
mind here)
Created and Creative
Expansive and Expanding
Image -- Icon -- Idea
Contemporary Abstract Expressionism -- Enviro-Expressionism
August 8, 2004
Fineness of Spirit
And blessed Chance
Pathways and byways and ever elusive threads
Recapitulation
Ontogeny
Phylogeny
Specific………………And Not
Recapitulation
Universes of Expansion
Only(even to go within is to expand)
Yes
Spirit of Wonder
Energy of Wonder
Its’ Source Our Source
Its’ Energy Ours…………..(if we have the good sense to use it)
And Ours’ Its’(reciprocity)
Consciousness of one equals consciousness of the Other
Recapitulation
Connection
One is to the Other, it matters not which
They Are the Same
It matters not which
Art And Juxtaposition -- Natural Perspectives
Neo Abstraction -- Empirical Notions
Intuitive Artist -- Source And Dialogue
August 12, 2004
What is it like to touch that distant star?
The one I call Twinkle, just outside this window, so clearly visible on a crisp winter night
Yes, just there……..so very close
And yes………..I am touched………
Its’ light of constant source
Continuously streaming into this simple but inquisitive mind of thoughts and ideas and feelings
Such is spirit…………and wonder
Yes, Twinkle, my little bright friend…………..there in the ethers………
Pure Energy…………..Pure Source
As are we………………from there
Post Contemporary, Art Of The Future
August 13, 2004
They float wonderfully over their Source
Dancing and moving and flowing
Cavorting in extravagant fancy
Pulsing to the beat of the universe
Such an ecstatic light, in so many forms
Look quickly…………Their forms Change with Light speed
In transition and transcendence
Look quickly………Their elegance is temporal………..fleeting
Changing
Form seeking form
And further definition
Their form is my form
And mine is theirs
Source(Nature)
Nature(Source)
Be delighted by their presence
Be delighted by their secrets
Which they so gladly share
Their nature is as simple as Nature
Emanations of spirit and source and energy
Other descriptions of what has not occurred
And is yet to
Yes, ephemeral
But infinite
The Whole of Everything
And No Thing
One instant
Of Eternity
Before
The next
Vertical
Environmental Abstraction -- Reflectionism
Louisiana Abstract Artist
Contemporary Abstract Artist
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