Let’s take a look through the looking glass…
Vanitas with Violin and Glass Ball by Pieter Claesz, c1628.
For dear Readers of my blog it is thoroughly my disposition to draw out your feelings about art; explain what art is to myself personally and give glimpses of my personality and so forth.
In the previous blog post you might be given to thinking – is The Unfathomable Artist saying he had a bad attitude? No, not at all. My intention was to discuss individual relativity and perspective.
Why? Why is the question we begin with thirstily. It never ceases. Hastily using up our time in pursuits with the greatest appeal. Discarding subjects and activities that we believe will have lesser relevance, impact or interest in our lives. However, perspectives do change. We grow as human beings along with our knowledge.
Maturity is control of self. True love is a relinquishing of self in some aspects.
Whilst we are faithful to our former teenage selves in much of our personality, our understanding and life experiences continue to shape us. How much of the teenage essence of ‘you’ remains distinctly your presently known character? An interesting social conversation.
To teenage Readers it is best said – follow your heart in all useful pursuit and be in contentedness. Promising you that this will bring you a happier and more enriched artful life now and in time.
The Pieter Claesz painting shown above is a masterpiece of itself. Can we as avid art connoisseurs find the originator of this concept? Lewis Carroll – oh how much we do love your art with its superlative imagination. The Champion, the Card Player, the Giant and the Boy. The Machine made out of Time.
Glimpses of the masterful Arnolfini Portrait by Jan van Eyck, 1434 and its looking glass.
Arnolfini Portrait by Jan van Eyck, oil on oak, 1434.
Reverberations usually begin in a single moment. Eureka. They say.
Consider this, please. When you want something achievable does it burn as brightly as Canis Majoris doth vie in your heart? The shifting of the Earth-encompassing-storm takes not a single day. Eight luminaries drag not their feet, lo, happily under control they make their equidistant riding along for us.
Art pieces are often the fashions of their time well made for our continuing affection. Look at Rothko’s many abstractions along with his contemporaries. Similes and patterns because we desire to share in co-existing. Art movements created before your eyes to the sensibility of touch.
Phases of collective art exploration and future inspiration. Moving it is therefore even now.
CAN I CREATE AN ART MOVEMENT?
These words strong of typography. Should one believe as such? Dare think such a lofty idea? Do not and shall certain of aghast be! This audacity, sometimes a wretchedness bring, always an elation sought. Whatever is for a taking, what good is there in not giving of a good return?
Have you seen the sepia-like monochromatic quality of Pieter Claesz painting within the choosing of colour for his composing? Genius of creativity. Like antiquitus plate-made photography. Please I implore you to see his other works from Wikipedia or other public sources.
That I could see even one Pieter Claesz painting in true light for myself! A reading of my Blog John W Waterhouse & The Lady of Shalott – https://theunfathomableartist.wordpress.com/2014/08/21/john-w-waterhouse-the-lady-of-shalott/ may gift you a sense of my personable love of art.
An expansion later with joyful happiness at the multitude of calculations to follow.
For now I share a swift ink sketch:
‘Man Sailing In Tumultuous Waves’ [2012] quick sketch on card paper by Matt The Unfathomable Artist. Photograph digitally edited.
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