I just kind of loved you from the start with your outsider take on things. The Dollhouse project is so cool. I'm not sure how to participate other than writing. If I finish a drawing i can send a photo, or perhaps one of my doodles would look good on a wall. Not sure. But keep going with this!
Thank you!! Yeah I've gotten a few submissions and can accept a few more, but each prompt will lead to the next with new rooms to explore, so maybe you'll be more inspired to participate in the next! Writing is totally acceptable as well. You could just DM me. I'm sure I can find a way to weave it into whatever this becomes. ALSO I keep meaning to come to your writers group! I promise I'll pop in sometime, work has just been a little busier for me than usual lately :)
I resonated deeply with so much of what you said. And I love Philip Larkin. I also really appreciate how you wove your own story and your family history into a discussion about the role of art in contemporary society. I think so much about the role of art in the ordinary person's life as well--there is a genuine chasm between the ordinary person and the arbiters of taste and culture leaving a gap that perhaps we can all fill however we want?
I especially loved two sentences: "
Institutions in power uphold an illusion of hierarchy, creating a sense of scarcity of the human genius." Perfect.
And:
"The voices we hear the most reflect cultural values that are not our own: opulence, perfectionism, materialism. If we do not subscribe to these beliefs, and if we do not create art as a means of producing economic value for the empire, it is unlikely that our voices will be heard or that our art will be seen." Can i get an AMEN?!
Thank you!! I recently re-watched Marcel the Shell with Shoes On and that poem is read at the end :') If you haven't seen it yet I have a feeling you'd be really into it. I don't know much Phillip Larkin honestly but he seems like my kinda guy! Thanks so much for reading with so much attention! :)
I will check that out. I have his poetry book called "High Windows." He was kind of a bitter recluse librarian in England...:D
I actually read it twice because there was so much that I agreed with and I loved how you expressed it, as someone who is also ruminating on the same topics, it's nice to feel like I'm reading a kindred spirit, because in the arts, I don't often feel that way!
...i love the idea of patches being disparate combined order and in the quilted form, both art and blanket...pleasure and utility...expression and comfort...here for the expedition and exhibition...appreciations...
If you've never watched the documentary on gees bend quilters you should watch it! You summed it up beautifully there but it's so cool to see how empowering calling a quilt "art" can be :')
Louise Bourgeois is a fav!
I've seen her work but hadn't given it the attention it deserved yet. She's fascinating!
Wonderful poem and digital collage. Have you seen any of LB’s paintings? They’re haunting and lovely. Wish I could share a photo.
I hadn't seen them, but I looked them up and they are stunning! I love how she seemed to work in every medium.
I just kind of loved you from the start with your outsider take on things. The Dollhouse project is so cool. I'm not sure how to participate other than writing. If I finish a drawing i can send a photo, or perhaps one of my doodles would look good on a wall. Not sure. But keep going with this!
Thank you!! Yeah I've gotten a few submissions and can accept a few more, but each prompt will lead to the next with new rooms to explore, so maybe you'll be more inspired to participate in the next! Writing is totally acceptable as well. You could just DM me. I'm sure I can find a way to weave it into whatever this becomes. ALSO I keep meaning to come to your writers group! I promise I'll pop in sometime, work has just been a little busier for me than usual lately :)
I resonated deeply with so much of what you said. And I love Philip Larkin. I also really appreciate how you wove your own story and your family history into a discussion about the role of art in contemporary society. I think so much about the role of art in the ordinary person's life as well--there is a genuine chasm between the ordinary person and the arbiters of taste and culture leaving a gap that perhaps we can all fill however we want?
I especially loved two sentences: "
Institutions in power uphold an illusion of hierarchy, creating a sense of scarcity of the human genius." Perfect.
And:
"The voices we hear the most reflect cultural values that are not our own: opulence, perfectionism, materialism. If we do not subscribe to these beliefs, and if we do not create art as a means of producing economic value for the empire, it is unlikely that our voices will be heard or that our art will be seen." Can i get an AMEN?!
Thank you!! I recently re-watched Marcel the Shell with Shoes On and that poem is read at the end :') If you haven't seen it yet I have a feeling you'd be really into it. I don't know much Phillip Larkin honestly but he seems like my kinda guy! Thanks so much for reading with so much attention! :)
I will check that out. I have his poetry book called "High Windows." He was kind of a bitter recluse librarian in England...:D
I actually read it twice because there was so much that I agreed with and I loved how you expressed it, as someone who is also ruminating on the same topics, it's nice to feel like I'm reading a kindred spirit, because in the arts, I don't often feel that way!
We should def collab on something!!
I do feel like that will happen naturally at some point!
...i love the idea of patches being disparate combined order and in the quilted form, both art and blanket...pleasure and utility...expression and comfort...here for the expedition and exhibition...appreciations...
If you've never watched the documentary on gees bend quilters you should watch it! You summed it up beautifully there but it's so cool to see how empowering calling a quilt "art" can be :')
...haven't but will be now...appreciate the rec...
Beautiful writing, my friend! Your dive into the self and your breakdown of what it is to be an artist is brimming with passion and truth.