I choose to create art simply because it is one thing I know I will do the rest of my life. I
see possibility in arts that I don’t see in the usual graduates from college, such as finance or
marketing. I have a desire to pursue art unlike anything else in my life and want to dig deep into
its philosophies and problems. I want to solve these problems and come up with new solutions
that have never been thought of. The art I want to create inspires people through it beauty and
color. Lately I have found it difficult to find inspiration and struggle finding ideas to create.
Right now the most important thing to me is to discover what will give me the fuel to go on a
frenzy of creation…
Sunday, October 31, 2010
a statement
In my world, that is the world of journalism, every day there is someone new telling me the sky is falling. I'm the last cowboy on the dinosaur ranch.
But, I think these are the best times to be a journalist or an artist. So many exciting ways to tell stories and the stories have more emotion and are therefore more like art and less like reportage. I have never been a one-tick journalist and I'm happy the days of those types are over. I can't ponder the big question of the future of my profession but I can take a deep breath, relinquish control of the future and concentrate on regaining the creative edge.
It's not about technology; it's about creative flow.
But, I think these are the best times to be a journalist or an artist. So many exciting ways to tell stories and the stories have more emotion and are therefore more like art and less like reportage. I have never been a one-tick journalist and I'm happy the days of those types are over. I can't ponder the big question of the future of my profession but I can take a deep breath, relinquish control of the future and concentrate on regaining the creative edge.
It's not about technology; it's about creative flow.
a statement
Every person on earth is drawn to certain types of visual and auditory aesthetics in the surrounding environment, and every person creates his or her own aesthetic in that environment. Some people claim that they engage in this creation for strictly utilitarian or functional purposes, whereas other people claim that they create for artistic purposes and thereby christen those creations as ‘Art’. I consider myself to be of the latter persuasion.
One day recently, I was walking through the metal fabrication studio, and I observed a student cutting, bending, and welding steel rods with various machines while wearing a welding mask over his face. Later that day, while walking home, I saw a construction worker on the side of the road cutting through steel rods with a gas-powered saw while wearing that same mask. He seemed to be deriving a great deal of pleasure from this activity as well. So, I thought to myself, everyone on earth creates, but we are all willing to subject ourselves to the stereotypes and connotations of very different societal labels.
For whatever reasons that be, that is, our upbringing, our financial situations, and our general outlooks on life, we label ourselves, our activities, and our creations with very different terms. In my view, a thing is ‘Art’ when, and only when, the person who created it defines it as such, and this person, therefore, also has the freedom to label him or herself as an artist.
I create sculptures, drawings, paintings, graphical and electronic pieces, as well as music to entertain, educate, and inspire others. I define these pieces as art and take my place in the art world because I feel that this position allows me the greatest freedom to express scientific, political, and spiritual views without having to confine myself to only one of those fields. Making art is what I love the most in this world, and my place as an artist is where I feel that I belong.
One day recently, I was walking through the metal fabrication studio, and I observed a student cutting, bending, and welding steel rods with various machines while wearing a welding mask over his face. Later that day, while walking home, I saw a construction worker on the side of the road cutting through steel rods with a gas-powered saw while wearing that same mask. He seemed to be deriving a great deal of pleasure from this activity as well. So, I thought to myself, everyone on earth creates, but we are all willing to subject ourselves to the stereotypes and connotations of very different societal labels.
For whatever reasons that be, that is, our upbringing, our financial situations, and our general outlooks on life, we label ourselves, our activities, and our creations with very different terms. In my view, a thing is ‘Art’ when, and only when, the person who created it defines it as such, and this person, therefore, also has the freedom to label him or herself as an artist.
I create sculptures, drawings, paintings, graphical and electronic pieces, as well as music to entertain, educate, and inspire others. I define these pieces as art and take my place in the art world because I feel that this position allows me the greatest freedom to express scientific, political, and spiritual views without having to confine myself to only one of those fields. Making art is what I love the most in this world, and my place as an artist is where I feel that I belong.
a statement
My work is initially about ideation. Being able to have a thought and be inventive and determined enough to see it
through to completion and hopefully success. There is typically no specification of subject or medium, but merely
being able to fulfill and accomplish the challenges that the creativity of an idea may present.
through to completion and hopefully success. There is typically no specification of subject or medium, but merely
being able to fulfill and accomplish the challenges that the creativity of an idea may present.
A Statement
My identity as an artist and scholar is shaped by a cyclical interplay of practice and theory in creations for the stage, screen and page. Through dance as research I access, construct and share embodied episteme as it relates to other ways of knowing the world, particularly language. As an interdisciplinary artist, I utilize the specificity of meaning manifest within multiple media such as movement, language, video, sound and lighting, to investigate intimate human experiences within a communal context. I am interested in how technology transforms constructions of embodied presence/absence in space and time, for both performer and audience. In all areas of my work, I am committed to furthering dance as a critical mode of inquiry and expression in our society—one which can achieve accessibility without oversimplification, through widespread embodied education.
Via choreography I aspire to build connections with a diverse audience on an honest, vulnerable and human level. My creation process is physical from start to end, exploring the content and knowledge present in the body. I see the body as a storehouse of unconscious knowledge and memory of an individual’s life as well as generations past, which can be articulated through movement. I value approaches to training that foster vulnerability in performance, as I believe this honesty allows audience members to enter a piece, experiencing it from their own perspective. Engaging with diverse communities by teaching workshops and presenting choreography in alternative settings allows me to use dance to its full potential, as a tool for community building, healing, entertainment and artistic expression.
Via choreography I aspire to build connections with a diverse audience on an honest, vulnerable and human level. My creation process is physical from start to end, exploring the content and knowledge present in the body. I see the body as a storehouse of unconscious knowledge and memory of an individual’s life as well as generations past, which can be articulated through movement. I value approaches to training that foster vulnerability in performance, as I believe this honesty allows audience members to enter a piece, experiencing it from their own perspective. Engaging with diverse communities by teaching workshops and presenting choreography in alternative settings allows me to use dance to its full potential, as a tool for community building, healing, entertainment and artistic expression.
A statement
As an artist I hope to achieve peace in my inner self. I am only an artist to make myself a happier person. My work is not for others, just me. I am an artist because it relaxes me and helps put my mind at ease.
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