From: Platt Holden (pholden@sc.rr.com)
Date: Fri Nov 29 2002 - 22:23:03 GMT
Hi Mari:
> When i think of them side by side i have a tendency to rate them by
> importance but in another light they appear to be all part of a cosmic
> continuity, an abstract stream of consciousness, if that's not redundant,
> that bleeds off into smaller tributaries which feed my minds eye and then
> works its way out and into my art.
I can relate to "cosmic continuity" and "abstract consciousness." One
of my pet theories, shared by some in the scientific community, says
that consciousness is a form of cosmic energy (like gravity, nuclear and
electromagnetic energies) that is "tapped into" by organic nerve tissue
to make life possible. The human brain, a relatively large bulb of nerve
tissue, taps into this psychic energy field more effectively and efficiently
than other animals, giving humans higher powers of awareness,
including the power of self-consciousness. Either by long practice or
accidentally, conscious energy sometimes envelopes the organism
completely, creating a "mystic" experience. The technical name for this
theory is panexperientialism.
> My art is not "realism". It does not beg to be defined. i am happy with the
> term: "abstract" if i must be categorized:
>
> Considered apart from concrete existence: an abstract concept.
> Not applied or practical; theoretical. See Synonyms at theoretical.
> Difficult to understand; abstruse: abstract philosophical problems.
> Thought of or stated without reference to a specific instance: abstract
> words like truth and justice. Impersonal, as in attitude or views. Having
> an intellectual and affective artistic content that depends solely on
> intrinsic form rather than on narrative content or pictorial
> representation: abstract painting and sculpture. To take away; remove. To
> remove without permission; filch. To consider (a quality, for example)
> without reference to a particular example or object. (bstrkt) To summarize;
> epitomize. To create artistic abstractions of (something else, such as a
> concrete object or another style):
Most abstract art doesn't appeal to me. Exceptions are Brancusi and
Calder, two sculptors of extraordinary vision and creativity. But
regardless of category, IMO the purpose of art is to reveal spirit (DQ)
through beauty, or, as Edgar Alan Poe put it, " . . . to make one see or
hear with shivering delight a sight or sound which cannot have been
unfamiliar to angels."
Platt
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