11:33_01.29.2007: on getting relevant
little sparks
jotted down and materialzed before my eyes
by my own hands
my mind watching
waiting in anticipation
i really love artists that contribute to the non-art world. Steve Kurtz, his work operates within a system outside of gallery space. in fact his work operates in a way that those its directed at arent even aware of its purpose. i feel as i take more and more steps closer toward abstract symbolic "meaningless" creations, my work becomes more and more exclusive so that only those in the little Abstract symbolic meangliness creation club will appreciate it.
and why the hell do i want to talk to them? so i can feel important?
what i really want to do is contribute. im an artist by the way my brain works, but that doesnt mean i cant add something to a world that in some ways disagrees with me. the question i then ask myself on a daily basis is why do i make the kind of art i make. subconscious manifestation of inexplicable thoughts and feelings. its true. ill be honest. my work is my feelings. and its difficult to take ownership over it because i simply put it together after its been built outside the realm of conscious thought. that simply leaves me, nathan at the hands of something else. if i was religious id say god makes me do it.
so then am I even an artist or the doer of an artists mind. i know not how to explain my work becuse no thought goes into it. i attempt to take on relevant issues. designing a piece about war, looks good but feels empty, contrived, forced. perhaps im not passionate about these things enough to back my work. but on the flip side i cant back my normal work either.
reading the NYT's i came upon an article talking about how processed foods are bad. and i laughed. its obvious that what we love is bad. and it pushes me further into a delusional belief that people do not care about the right thing. so why address this. Even Kurtz's work seems only effective to liberals who are already on his side.
SPIKE LEE: no one does the right thing. or maybe we cant. maybe they wont let us. after all we're just a bunch of cattle trying to do the right thing when we're constantly being pushed prodded and tazered toward that ramp.
what i feel most passionaltey about is my own view of the world. it is through my eyes that i see and it is the only view i have to gauges how others think. im simply trying to understand and relate to others with my work. my work seems obvious to me, almost literal translations of thoughts. but i seem to fall short, maybe intentionally, so that the connection is lost and the message becomes deeply encoded within the object. hidden even from me.
jotted down and materialzed before my eyes
by my own hands
my mind watching
waiting in anticipation
i really love artists that contribute to the non-art world. Steve Kurtz, his work operates within a system outside of gallery space. in fact his work operates in a way that those its directed at arent even aware of its purpose. i feel as i take more and more steps closer toward abstract symbolic "meaningless" creations, my work becomes more and more exclusive so that only those in the little Abstract symbolic meangliness creation club will appreciate it.
and why the hell do i want to talk to them? so i can feel important?
what i really want to do is contribute. im an artist by the way my brain works, but that doesnt mean i cant add something to a world that in some ways disagrees with me. the question i then ask myself on a daily basis is why do i make the kind of art i make. subconscious manifestation of inexplicable thoughts and feelings. its true. ill be honest. my work is my feelings. and its difficult to take ownership over it because i simply put it together after its been built outside the realm of conscious thought. that simply leaves me, nathan at the hands of something else. if i was religious id say god makes me do it.
so then am I even an artist or the doer of an artists mind. i know not how to explain my work becuse no thought goes into it. i attempt to take on relevant issues. designing a piece about war, looks good but feels empty, contrived, forced. perhaps im not passionate about these things enough to back my work. but on the flip side i cant back my normal work either.
reading the NYT's i came upon an article talking about how processed foods are bad. and i laughed. its obvious that what we love is bad. and it pushes me further into a delusional belief that people do not care about the right thing. so why address this. Even Kurtz's work seems only effective to liberals who are already on his side.
SPIKE LEE: no one does the right thing. or maybe we cant. maybe they wont let us. after all we're just a bunch of cattle trying to do the right thing when we're constantly being pushed prodded and tazered toward that ramp.
what i feel most passionaltey about is my own view of the world. it is through my eyes that i see and it is the only view i have to gauges how others think. im simply trying to understand and relate to others with my work. my work seems obvious to me, almost literal translations of thoughts. but i seem to fall short, maybe intentionally, so that the connection is lost and the message becomes deeply encoded within the object. hidden even from me.
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