Out There
In Nature
Enlightenment And Passion For The Silent Witness
New Art - Technique And Process
Art And Contemporary Perception
Contemporary Artist -- Environmental Expressionism
Neo Abstraction -- Empirical Notions
The True Function Of Any Art Is To Contribute To The Positive Growth And Development Of The
Species It Represents
The Simple Image -- Vestiges Of The Myth At Web Site II -- www.contemporaryabstractartist.com
Even In Total Chaos, Something Is Forming, Taking Shape.........That Is Nature............And
In Nature, Order And Its' Natural Progression And Growth Rule..............The Universe(S) Simply Makes Sense...........Closer
To Home, Every Species(Excluding Us) On Earth(Could Even Throw In Non-Organic Forms) Adhere To This Natural Order...........No
Matter Where One Looks, One Sees Incredible Structure, Form And Order........One Sees Cooperation............And Central To
All This, One Sees Evolution And Growth...........She Is Our Greatest Teacher............But She Must Be Experienced
Directly And With The Passion Of The Enlightened Witness.........Books, Computers, Research Papers, Etc. Can Be "Walls" Between
Observer And Observed.............Their Usefulness Is "After The Fact", To Learn More About What One Has Experienced.......Really
Don't See Many Humans "Out There", Experiencing That "Natural Moment"............(Most That I Do See Are Playing With Their
Toys Or One Another And Really Pretty Much Oblivious To Their Surroundings)..........But To Do So, To Just Get Our There And
Quietly Experience Her Grandness, Is Life Changing.................She Brings Reason And Order And Yes, Illumination,
To Existence............Without That, We, Cease
Mist Of Realization And Actualization, Enveloping The Silent Wanderer............The Silent
Witness.............It Is A Fog Of Uncertainty For Nothing Is Known In A World Changing From Moment To Moment...............An
Uncertainty Pure By Intention And Device............A Fine Uncertainty Of Illumined Spirit And Wonder And Yes, Purpose
The Proverbial Deserted Island Question--What One Work Of Art(Visual) Would You Take With You?.........Manet
To Monet?........Pollack To DeKooning?...........Kandinsky To Malevich?...........And On And On..................Or............An
Empty Canvas
A Fog Flows Through The Imagery................A Gestative Quality, To Be Sure..............Unformed
Seeking Form...............(Even Though That Form May Appear Formless)...................And, For Lack Of A Better Term, Rather
"Primordial" In Appearance(As Primordia Is Now, Is The Term Applicable?).............Nature Speaking Loudly.........Very Loudly...................Up
To Me To Listen...........And Respond
Southern Artist?.........A Term Which Is Fast Losing Its' Significance.........More A Term
Now To Designate Simply A Geographic Area..........The South Is Fast Losing The Many Things, Both Good And Bad(And Very Bad),
Which Made It Once Unique.............It Has Become Part Of The General Homogenous "Mix", Which Of Course Is Not A "Bad Thing"...........People
Once Fled The South, And For Good Reason..........Now They Flock To It, Enjoying Its' Natural(Fast, Very Fast, Disappearing)
Resources And Weather.........The Arts?...........Much As Everywhere Else--Much Very Well Done Art Very Well Done To Death..............Regional
Art?--Yes, Here And There--But You Can Bet You Will Find Its' Counterpart Elsewhere In This World...........Uniqueness Itself
Is Not Particularly Interesting, Unless It Strikes That Universal Chord Of Significance, Recognition And Meaning..................Must
Escape The Grasp Of The Past, The Already Known And Understood, To Gather The Energy Of Thought Together To Create Something
New And Uniquely Meaningful To Continued Growth And Development.........Uniqueness Can Be Shallow, Even Subverting..........It
Can Also Be Illuminating
Before This Century Ends, The Human Population Will Crash.........Earth Cannot Sustain A Projected
Population Of 9-12 Billion(2050) People Consuming At Present Levels.......Billions Will Die
Natural Causes
Famine, Malnutrition, Starvation
Diseases(Many Of Which Nature Hasn't Invented Yet--Controlling Mechanisms)
A Multitude Of Natural Disasters Due To Extreme Weather Changes Derived Of Global Warming(Or
Dimming Even)
Stress And Its' Very Ominous Results
Etc.
Obviously, The Above Already Is Occurring.......Started Some Time Ago...............And It
Is Very Rapidly Increasing At Alarming Levels...........We Are "Out Of Time"..............Now.........We Are At The Final
Stages Of Any Possibility Of Reversing The Tide Of Impending Disaster...........Tire Of Saying It--We, We, Incredibly,
Have A Choice.............It Must Be Made Now
Lyricism? Expressionism? Kineticism?
When A Work Of Art Really "Works" It Is As if Scanning The Evening Sky(As I Do Every Night)
And Making That Extraordinary And Unexplainable Connection.........It Is As If Paddling Across A Sound, Communicating
With My Many Friends, The Porpoises, Gulls, Terns, Pelicans, Hammerheads And Many Others..................It Is As If Hiking
Down A Mountain Trail Enveloped In A Mist Of Wonder And Fortunate Awe.........It Is As If, For The First Time, Each And Every
Time, One Has Discovered Something Far, Far Greater Than Oneself
Lose Art(S)
Lose Humanity
Lose Spirit
Lose Reason
Lose Reason
Tom McNease Contemporary Art
With My Concern For The Environment And What We Are Doing To It, Sometimes It Is Easy To Forget
The Many Positive Things Some Humans Have Done And Are Doing........Well Aware Of That............Arts Particularly Of Course......Calm,
Oases Amidst Chaos And Mindless Paths Of Destruction........One Views The Arts As One Views Nature.........Dynamic, Ever Changing,
Evolving And Contributing Not Only To The Species They Serve But The Flow Of The Whole..........They, The Arts, Are Universal.................And
So Should We Be
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