December 24th
Yesterday
These past couple of days have been pretty interesting; the “Moodboard” definitely helped. Right now, I’m listening to Polonius - Disrobing the Invisibility Cloak (Soulburn, Pink Tentacloids for Hair), and I start wondering, why did I wake up today not in the Christmas spirit? How is it that every American is not seeing what’s going on in the world? They can through fake news, media, etc. Where does that leave an individual such as myself to feel even the slightest spirit?
Anyways, being that it is Christmas Eve, people who don’t have much are wishing this was over. Today is a rainy day, good enough to recover from a sore neck from the most adventurous dream ever. So much so that I forgot what it was, but I was left with a sore neck. In Greek, we call it: ψύξη (psiksi), which essentially means “cool.” However, when any sort of air hits your neck and head area when your body is warm, you wake up with a sore neck.
Enough about the neck. These commissioned canvases are sort of an Iliad for me in the sense that I’m revisiting my older techniques and also investigating my reference points.
The influences mostly come from things I see and happen to capture on my phone or snapshot in the dome.
Above are the first remains of phase one from the canvas approach. I intentionally left remnants of paint not for the photo but to create an emphasis on how texture and color play an important role in creation. You see, the blue on its own can be an art piece. I know some of you will say, “It’s just paint on pallet paper.” Well, yes, of course it is, but did you ever consider that just like in nature, articles such as these don’t need much to be complete? Blue sky, green grass, clear water, black sky—I can go on and on, but you get the idea.
I'm working on a sweet playlist to share the musical experience too. Honestly, putting it here in written form is fun because saying it gives me anxiety, whereas typing it here allows the anxiety to steam out of my fingertips and puts the ideas in a compartmentalized modality that's fit for any human being.
These images are just from my phone, nothing fancy, but I do want to scan them eventually to add to my digital archive. So with that said, Merry Christmas!
If I don't journal anything before New Year's, have a happy New Year too. Peace!
