"Maybe I want the country to be on pause, all its people in screensaver mode, everything still and preserved, awaiting my return. Identity is that curious thing that seeks other labels to define itself, but then defines those labels by itself." Beautifully expressed!! And Asia is ALIVE in general, bu India is on another level--with--overdeveloped in everything sensory....color, texture, taste, smell, sound---....lean against a tree, an old building, a red letter box that no one uses anymore...and just enjoy a free demonstration of everything life....thanks for sharing your pictures and visions
Ah, I miss India! To see it again through your sketchbook! What I find fascinating is how we artists capture different details of our travels abroad (whether familiar or not). There are electrical posts along the road there? Neat! Yellow tuk-tuks, colourful trucks, and people on motorbikes? How familiar! But where are there black and white stripes painted on the trees to keep you from driving off the road? Maybe just a Tamil Nadu thing?
Thank you Maya! That is a nice observation. I remember the white and black stripes on trees on Tamil Nadu streets too. It is really the beauty of art to find what an artist notices consciously and subconsciously.
My hypnosis instructor says, often, *all this shit is made up*
And I like to think of art as a new way of making things up. As we move into the AI era, images are becoming as malleable as paintings, which have always been interpretations. Perhaps we weren't meant to have so much immutable truth.
I wouldn't call it a lie, for me a lie always has a tinge of indoctrinated guilt associated with it ("you're a liar" is a statement used for derogatory purposes). Although, maybe it is my perception of those words? 🤔 What can we call it? A luxury? Permission to draw it as you see it? Can you imagine if art wasn't about luxury or interpretation, 90% of the art galleries would be empty! I've just seen some art of an old acquaintance - it is most definitely a luxury if not a lie (to call it art! 😲).
I think Derrida has some fun ideas about truth and lies and art. ☺️ Maybe being in India is affecting my thinking again, but there is truth and there is perception, and we often mix up our perceptions with the truth.
Cor haven't looked at Derrida since university times along with Foucault - must dig out my dissertation 😂 (I did an IT degree..) All that philosophical thinking has been replaced with other interesting things, so much to think about!
"Maybe I want the country to be on pause, all its people in screensaver mode, everything still and preserved, awaiting my return. Identity is that curious thing that seeks other labels to define itself, but then defines those labels by itself." Beautifully expressed!! And Asia is ALIVE in general, bu India is on another level--with--overdeveloped in everything sensory....color, texture, taste, smell, sound---....lean against a tree, an old building, a red letter box that no one uses anymore...and just enjoy a free demonstration of everything life....thanks for sharing your pictures and visions
I agree with the aliveness. It’s everything at the same time. Thank you for appreciating this slightly vulnerable observation 🙌
Ah, I miss India! To see it again through your sketchbook! What I find fascinating is how we artists capture different details of our travels abroad (whether familiar or not). There are electrical posts along the road there? Neat! Yellow tuk-tuks, colourful trucks, and people on motorbikes? How familiar! But where are there black and white stripes painted on the trees to keep you from driving off the road? Maybe just a Tamil Nadu thing?
Thank you for sharing your insights!
Thank you Maya! That is a nice observation. I remember the white and black stripes on trees on Tamil Nadu streets too. It is really the beauty of art to find what an artist notices consciously and subconsciously.
I love seeing what you're sketching - it's so inspiring.
So glad to hear that, Tree! 😊
Happy Diwali!
Thank you Peter! Best wishes to you as well.
This is so lovely!
Thank you so much! 🙏
Happy Diwali!
My hypnosis instructor says, often, *all this shit is made up*
And I like to think of art as a new way of making things up. As we move into the AI era, images are becoming as malleable as paintings, which have always been interpretations. Perhaps we weren't meant to have so much immutable truth.
I agree Leela! I think about the Jain principle of anekantavada, which requires us to acknowledge the subjectiveness of our experiences.
I wouldn't call it a lie, for me a lie always has a tinge of indoctrinated guilt associated with it ("you're a liar" is a statement used for derogatory purposes). Although, maybe it is my perception of those words? 🤔 What can we call it? A luxury? Permission to draw it as you see it? Can you imagine if art wasn't about luxury or interpretation, 90% of the art galleries would be empty! I've just seen some art of an old acquaintance - it is most definitely a luxury if not a lie (to call it art! 😲).
I think Derrida has some fun ideas about truth and lies and art. ☺️ Maybe being in India is affecting my thinking again, but there is truth and there is perception, and we often mix up our perceptions with the truth.
Cor haven't looked at Derrida since university times along with Foucault - must dig out my dissertation 😂 (I did an IT degree..) All that philosophical thinking has been replaced with other interesting things, so much to think about!