“They would rather have their own time and place to introduce their children to something like nudity.”… Rodin showed us the depredations of time and immortalized the nude as a part of all of us, rather than seeking to attain perfection, he showed us who we were and what we will become…. Nudity is the most natural state of all of us. it is often raw and exposed, it can reveal that we are often naked to the world and display the fragility of the human body.
That photos of heavy-duty consensual sadomasochistic sex may be alarming and not for faint hearts, but they are a lot more fun to look at than all those flowers he insisted on photographing?There’s a new exhibition of Mapplethorpe’s work in Edinburgh that is raising some interesting questions about the artist’s choices and subject matter…. Vilified or loved, his image (yes the one with the bullwhip) will be synonymous with the fine line between art and pornography.I think there aren’t many pioneers of art these days, as our boundaries grow broader and we accept more than ever before there are less walls to break down, less ways to shock people…. I guess history will be the judge as to whether shock or subtle wins in the end.Just a further note, I never understood why people got so shocked by Mapplethorpe’s works, Bosch painted scenes that were just as graphic and anally retentive (heh).
Things have been somewhat emotional lately, and a recent movie kinda made me tap into some really biiiig issues I am not going to get into here. Now while freakouts are very harsh and upsetting when I can run off into my studio and pour them out in art. Drawing is especially good for this…
ok, second attempt at this one, I’ve thought about it and I think I’ve got a better way forward. This is probably the trickiest of all the posts. mind you, I don’t know about the others until i try them. When I have a challenge or a goal I throw myself in wholeheartedly. When I…
I wrote a long post yesterday furthering the blog project, published it, then got freaked out and deleted it! some of you may have caught it on your feeds. 😳 The original reason I deleted it was because of the 3am panic fit and that fact that I don’t think I took it where it…
BBC NEWS | World | Asia-Pacific | Artist gives his all to portraits An Australian artist-turned-builder has finally found fame by painting portraits with his penis. 😆 This killed me, I couldn’t help but imagine how.. and then I was reminded of another sort of painting I tried for an experiment a long time ago..…
Well, my project is already having beneficial effects. I am feeling a lot more focused and in control. The other night I had a painting session that didn’t go very well and I was in high ‘hack mode’. I felt that I had to try to cater to other people’s concepts and work more realistically.…
Characters like Baslim the cripple (a spy who used his artificial leg to store data) and Richard Campbell (an amputee who changes the world) show Heinlein’s own experience with disability after being invalided out of the army…. Heinlein also shaped the way I view art and what I want to create, how I want people to feel about my work: Jennie’s Palette » Blog Archive » Beauty RevisitedFitz Literary Character by Robin HobbRobin Hobb’s HomeFitz showed me the reality of pain and the fear of pain…. Obscurely he also taught me the pain of losing someone you care about to their art.My DadWho showed me that a career can be a winding road and that you can follow your dreams and inspiration, even if it takes you in a random direction.
I’ve always had my goals in my head but I think lack of owning my goals, having them written down and keeping them firmly in mind, is why I am possibly losing my way a little now…. If any readers have any thoughts through this process I would love to read your comments (please be constructive and supportive, this is going to be tough!) I want to look at: People who inspire me and why: Posted here Who I am and my personal goals: Posted here My career goals and aspirations: Posted here Then, having identified what I want I will need to turn my attention to how to get it!
I thought it might be a good idea to turn around some negative thoughts and start working through my Quandry to identify what I really want and how best to get it. I will do this over a few posts and I’d like to invite everyone to bear with me, some of it will probably…
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