Art

"talking about art is like dancing about architecture"

i remember watching a program when we first moved here…i was sitting on the couch in nana's house where we were living at the time, and whoever was on the telly, said that line…i immediately wrote it down on whatever was to hand, and it has stuck firmly in my mind ever since…which is unusual for me…i normally forget things right after they happen…it must mean a great deal…

i don't talk about art

i pretty much point blank refuse.

i definitely don't talk about art with folk who are not part of the 'art scene'

because, quite frankly…there usually isn't much point

talking is one thing

arguing is another

fighting is another thing altogether

and i would rather not discuss something that, as above...there really isn't any point discussing something that is so subjective. unless you are both on the same side…talking about what you both like about something, then really…your just playing fisticuffs…and thats not fun

i think also…because of where i have been the last 5 years…its not that i don't know what i like and don't like…but i can nearly see something worthwhile in everything…i can try and find SOMETHING that i like…because ive had to do that for so long…it not so much instinctual anymore.

of course i know what I LIKE…but usually what i like, you cant really talk about in any great depth…because its arguable whether or not it is really art at all! :)

what is art?

we could be here all night…

sometimes i forget what it is…and truth be told…i became so disillusioned at points (or all) of this year…that i wondered what was the POINT of it at all…what had i gotten myself into…how would i argue my case…what is art…what is its purpose

thats when i go running to jane

she reaffirms my convictions…when i have forgotten them…

art is something that artists…REAL artists…have to do.

it is like breathing

and it can take any form

it can be doodling…singing…writing…driving REALLY WELL…tidying your SPACE…making a gorgeous dinner…getting dressed…and of course painting, sculpting, taking pictures…editing films and all the rest…

you can do ordinary things in an artful way

you can listen

and talk

artistically

thinking is almost more important then the end 'art' piece…

i have done so much work in my head the last 2 months or so, when i actually do make a space to work, i will belt it out like no tomorrow…

art isn't about being creative…everyone can be creative…

and thats where a lot of people make the mistake…

the… "i thought when i went to art college i could do whatever i wanted…blah blah blah"…

yeh

i know

i said that…and got the shock of my life when it wasn't like that at all

art is about saying something

working things out

it really is like math

or a scientific experiment

or surgery…finding the things that work, and cutting out all that doesn't…

removing the disease, and saving the healthy material.

and no one understands, except the people who are directly involved in it

how difficult it is

our EVERYTHING goes in to our art

all that we are

everything that happens to us

our experiences, good and bad, directly feed the force within us that MAKE us do and make and create and work on what we do

its a hard one to justify

when there are 'more important' things to be doing…

but, what would the world be without art?

a very sad place indeed

a place without music, and movies…colour and images…

artists are the facilitators and creators of culture…

they are the problem solvers, because they think, in such a way that there is no box…maybe they are standing on the box…or cutting it up in such a way as to fashion it into a kite…that they could use to catch the breeze and be dragged somewhere else…

art is essential

it is everything

everything is art

you just have to choose which discipline you slot into

and live it