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Saturday, June 30, 2007
Control Struggle
Imagine that, the brain has a mind of its own. The mind always wants to find something tangible in every painting, and my mind wants to paint something in every painting. Something will jump into my head, and I will want to paint it. However, reflective expressionism is about training my mind to feel an emotion rather than identify something. It is about creating art rather than a picture. The feeling starts from within while allowing the brain to provide direction on how to create an emotion on canvas. A consistent battle is waged because the brain eventually always wants control; it always does. I want my brain to be a back seat driver, not a control-freak captain driver who has to make good time getting where he wants to go.
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Kennith, the samples of your art are admirable. In my experience it is fear that causes people to be manipulative. Sure they have other reasons, but the fear of being not up to other people's standards, or for that matter their own can be a huge influence. Society is afraid. Religions, most of them anyway, cultivate that fear. Are you doing what you're supposed to they ask? The media does the same, as does our government.
People cling to illusions of safety, their jobs, their religions, and their patriotism. The patriotism is the one that cracks me up more than the rest combined. Simply because it overrides the basic rights of humanity if you happen to be in the wrong country. Yet people like being told what to do. For some odd reason the intellect to do something on their own whim is unthinkable. What you want purple hair? Why? What does=== think about that. Society no wonder we have so many problems! Purple hair never hurt anyone else by the way. Pity their isn't a religon for purple hair. TTFN dragngirl
Thanks dragngirl, for your comment, and I could not agree more with your thoughts. Patriotism, in my mind, simply started when the world was a lot bigger in terms of people not being able to connect with other cultures. Once again, fear created patriotism, but with the world becoming so connected with the information age, I see patriotism being harder to sell by those that benefit from it. Have a great day!
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