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I am for an art Manifesto...

Wed Oct 1, 2008, 7:32 PM
I am for an art that is meticulous, beautiful, painful, obsessive-compulsive, masochistic, rewarding, and satisfying. I am for an art that is purposeful even if it is only selfish. I am for an art that is in motion - circular and rotating, spiritual and personal. I am for an art that cannot be understood, even by myself. I am for an art that explores my thoughts on my surroundings and myself - meditative. I am for self-medicating and cathartic art. I am for exploratory, playful, curious art. I am for escapist and thoughtful art. I am for resourceful art. I am for an art that doesn't use clear scotch tape because it gets brown and brittle as it ages. I am for art that doesn't know if its a student, a graduate, or a master... it just is. I am for an art that shouldn't quit its day job but is more than an occasional hobby. I am for an art that is in touch with its history, its ancestry, and its culture. I am for an art that doesn't know its just a dream. I am for imaginative art. I am for an art that is hard to catch. I am for an art that can never be quite as blue as the sky on a clear day, but it tries anyway. I am for an art that talks to itself. I am for an art that branches out like roots in the dirt and reaches out and sways like an old red oak in the yard. I am for an art that is only a few steps away from the laughter of the elementary school playground waiting for a turn on the swingset. I am for an art that knows more than you do. I am for an art that is fresh as an autumn tuesday at noon time. I am for an art that can't stop thinking, even if it wants to. I am for an art that scrambles for the deadline, even if the deadline doesn't matter or doesn't exist. I am for an art that is easily distracted. I am for an art that doesn't want to know its credit score. I am for an art that doesn't care for grammar. I am for an art that doesn't really have a stopping place. I am for an art as tasty and familiar as a bologna and cheese sandwich. I am for an art that's as foreign as the depths of the ocean. I am for an art that favours British spelling. I am for an art that doesn't need a degree to see that it has grown.

"I am for an art" format taken from Claus Oldenburg's manifesto

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:iconjohnpaulthornton:
`johnpaulthornton Oct 1, 2009, 7:44:32 PM
Thank you, Jen!


With appreciation,
John Paul

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Paint the Truth.
:iconsteelspike:
~Steelspike Sep 26, 2009, 2:35:55 PM
Sorry it has taken so long, but thanks for the :+fav:s
:iconmagickalmoon:
~magickalmoon Sep 27, 2009, 5:39:28 PM
quite welcome sir :)

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~Jen

When you're alone, staring up at the moon
Is it staring at you?

~AntiArtTheft
:iconnurrafiza:
~nurraFIZA Jul 29, 2009, 7:58:53 AM
I love your works and style! =)
:iconmagickalmoon:
~magickalmoon Jul 30, 2009, 3:29:34 PM
Thank you! :hug:

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~Jen

When you're alone, staring up at the moon
Is it staring at you?

~AntiArtTheft
:iconthca:
~THCA Jul 21, 2009, 9:31:31 PM
Your carving is incredible and your painting is inspirational--You inspire me to push all my boundaries to the edge, to grow from those experiences and to meticulously retrieve it's beauty.

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:iconmagickalmoon:
~magickalmoon Jul 22, 2009, 4:58:06 PM
thank you so much! that means the world to me :blush: I hope you do push the boundaries!

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~Jen

When you're alone, staring up at the moon
Is it staring at you?

~AntiArtTheft
:iconthca:
~THCA Jul 22, 2009, 6:44:22 PM
Of course it's much easier said than done, unless one does not value their sanity. Even so, it might be difficult to maintain full artistic capability in the forest of lunacy... What is sanity but a standard set by disconnected officials who lack an understanding of the full spectrum of humanity? Eh, anyways, I will endeavor to push the boundaries.

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Kasiasdragon: Stuffstuffstuffheartheartheartgorestuffblahblahblahsubliminalmessagingblahblahstuff.
:iconmagickalmoon:
~magickalmoon Jul 23, 2009, 6:36:45 PM
sanity? I have my brief moments of clarity... but I wouldn't dare call it sanity. My artist statement actually starts out with a declaration that my art is a function of resisting the normalizing social forces of traditional "therapy" My manifesto thats up in my journal sums it all up pretty well, even down to my love for a bologna and cheese sandwich.

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~Jen

When you're alone, staring up at the moon
Is it staring at you?

~AntiArtTheft
:iconthca:
~THCA Jul 23, 2009, 9:06:25 PM
I wonder about myself sometimes, but I must have at least some shred of sanity left; when I talk to therapists, they say I'm as normal as can be.

XD Yeah I read that journal.

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Kasiasdragon: Stuffstuffstuffheartheartheartgorestuffblahblahblahsubliminalmessagingblahblahstuff.
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