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| Morning dreaming of the high road to Truchas, 5" by 6" journal watercolor on back porch |
Quiet time revelations after a walk
in Hafer Park this morning
"Since perception is reality, therefore all art is reality. There are no false views, wrong expressions, when artists put down what they perceive." -Terry M. Clark
Think about it--yes, some are better at perceiving than others--Mozart, Michelangelo, Cezanne, Picasso, Whitman, Conrad, Twain, Parker, Ansel Adams, McPhee, Prince, Mish, Jake Harms, and millions more in all the arts. Perhaps a few times, Clark?
"Above all, I want to make you see,"--Joseph Conrad. "When I'm on stage, I don't think, I feel,"--Keith Richards.
As an uptight first born journalist I began painting by trying to get every detail photographically right. Some freedom eventually came with more practice, and especially watching my grandchildren paint, for who there are no rules. Looking at early work, or at work now when I'm in a dry spell, I see this morning, that every angle is different, every color is different, every shape is different, depending on how I look at things, and knowing you will see them differently. Why have I not had this insight before on my work--whether watercolor or writing?
It helps to attend the Oklahoma City Festival of the Arts and be bombarded with a multitude of perceptions and realities.
Thus home from the walk to take out my leather bound watercolor journal--art and perceptions of reality in its own right--from Mind's Eye Journals--bought last year, but renewed with a visit at the art show with owner Teresa Merriman and her husband of Colorado.
The high road to Taos, at Truchas, New Mexico, painted from memory, because that perception, that reality, is so deep within.
Great post, I think I get what you are saying. I get a some criticism from a very few people because I use filters and such with my photos but all I am trying to do is show people what I see in my mind as opposed to have a tack sharp evenly exposed photo.
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