Dreaming Colors

Picture (If you will)
shear blue curtains
blowing across rippled hot sands
a brush of wind
carried midair
it lands slow motional
draping itself around canvas
that is lost in the dry desert
there you would find
a stage for the eyes imagination
where the artist bring substance
meditating
inside a dull scenery of silent back rooms
writing colors
on a picture of words
fashioning itself
into existence
a wet cool
oasis of waterfalls
ahead in the distance
hear the breeze of blue clapping hands
a private tidal wave of standing ovation
a written performance
stored on ageless pages
of many bookshelves of hidden oasis

Making a Splash

A friend once asked, "why do people try to pass of worthless splashes of color then preceding to call it modern art"? Why is it art when its just polka dots wit a couple of lines of color which a four year old could easily make. But I say, a true artist creates work for themselves, not to please his audience. For example Van Gogh didn't become popular because he was just simply amazing, he's well noted because he was insane and the work that he produced were truly his feelings. Its not how good it is but the meaning that the art has that they're considered great. If you know anything about art there's much more to it such as color, composition, emotion, movement, line weight, texture, and so on. It's not about how long it took the artist to make the work, but their experience when making it. So yes, a 4-year old could do it, a monkey could do it, an elephant could do it. But what does it represent? Anything?

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Another thing that struck me was that the splashes greatly reminded me of the psychiatric Rorschach test. What do you see?

Frame by Frame

I was at work the other day going through our dreadful movie collection and the only thing that could possible redeem the wad of crap that is generally now placed on display was Gumby. Not a lot of people remember the Gumby and Pokey series because it ran from 1956 until about 1963. Of course Gumby made a comeback around the 80's and was welcomed once again into the households of many children and other viewers . Creator Art Clokey brought clay animation to the front line with this series which focused on heartfelt story telling that truly had meaning. The main substance that drew me to claymation was that it was one of the many forms of stop-motion animation and the techniques used in the process. Sculpting an object in clay or plasticine around a wire skeleton called armature and placing it on a set background is extremely laborious. An object is moved slightly in every film frame until you reached your desired film. There are usually 24 films used per second, so in a 30 min episode there would be about 21,600 stops to adjust. One of the most important thing in claymation is consistence in a whole. Played back in rapid succession and the illusion of a timeless motion is complete. Like any form of art, clay animation has evolved over time. Some-what of a fad now, its been shown in Wallace and Grommit, Chicken Run and my favorites Morel Orel and The PJs. I must say that its been attempted by Pixar but mastered by Dreamworks. Now is even thrown into computer games and since claymation and stop motion go hand you can see a growth in both.

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I love the simplicity of this video...its very unique and refreshing and the flying objects makes it even better, very beautiful abstract piece.

Beer Can Butterflies

Last year I became greatly fascinated in works of trash art and how the use of usual household items, junk and scraps could be turned into any eye catching piece. Like most of Paul Villinski's creation "My Back Pages" was made from vinyl LP records and wire. Others were produced from aluminum cans, lead and even soot for a darker dramatic look. Each butterfly has its own distinct characteristic and details. In many cultures butterflies symbolizes the act of transformation and rebirth, clearly Villinski has captured just that. this is just one example of how recycling can be a form of art. -

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Up close and personal

I found this breathtaking image just surfing the web the other day. Creator Sayaka Ganz found comfort in her art by just using discarded objects from peoples' houses and giving them a second live. You cant tell exactly what this sculpture is made of, but looking closer you see that plastic utensils, toys, metal pieces and among other things were used.