Expression is far more than repetition.
For expression to elevate, there must be epiphany.
For expression to elevate, there must be epiphany.
Saturday, November 05, 2016
Friday, November 04, 2016
Authenticity
Insight reveals reality beyond appearances, in life and in the visual arts.
That same insight reveals false appearances as well. So it is for the composer in creating and sustaining atmospheric effects through sound. Falsified experience sounds forced, frenetic, or artificial in emotional content, tone, and mood, while genuinely immersive atmospheres evoke contemplative settings conducive to the expansion of consciousness.
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Thursday, November 03, 2016
Listen, and Hear
Language is music, laden with meaning.
Every perceptible sound is charged with intimations of equal moment, if we can but read them.
Every perceptible sound is charged with intimations of equal moment, if we can but read them.
Wednesday, November 02, 2016
The Spark, Once Struck
One role of the artist is that of the Bearer of Light.
Strength of expression is force of mind and will. Against adversity, it will never yield.
Tuesday, November 01, 2016
Artist and Medium
Control what is possible, let go what will be fulfilled beyond interference.
This is the virtue of gesture, the reward of practice, and the fruit of experience.
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The Singular Voice
Of course art is a reflection of politics. But it is only a reflection.
Culture, as a whole, presents a reflection of politics. This is visible in the degree to which freedom of expression may be pursued by artists. Otherwise, the political is of little worth when compared to the cultural.
It is only when political power usurps culture, as it has over the past decades, oppressing the arts and forcing the artist into a subservient role, that totalitarian cultures may surreptitiously rise in darkness-- but ultimately this unnatural, anti-human power can only meet a rapid and complete decline in the face of forces demanding freedom. These forces are expressions of human will that will never remain silent.
Take heed.
Culture, as a whole, presents a reflection of politics. This is visible in the degree to which freedom of expression may be pursued by artists. Otherwise, the political is of little worth when compared to the cultural.
It is only when political power usurps culture, as it has over the past decades, oppressing the arts and forcing the artist into a subservient role, that totalitarian cultures may surreptitiously rise in darkness-- but ultimately this unnatural, anti-human power can only meet a rapid and complete decline in the face of forces demanding freedom. These forces are expressions of human will that will never remain silent.
Take heed.
Sunday, October 30, 2016
Saturday, October 29, 2016
Shadows, Out of Limbo
Observe those who strive for free expression that has not existed within their lifetimes.
Historical awareness awakens in these individuals the sense that a void exists where once free thinking and bold creativity thrived. But commercial culture has been manipulated to create a collectivist mentality for a half-century, and its failures are everywhere present and oppressive.
To alter this course of events, individuals must rise, stand together as individuals, support one another yet remain self- reliant, and embrace the potential of the future without concern for present calumny and condemnation.
Historical awareness awakens in these individuals the sense that a void exists where once free thinking and bold creativity thrived. But commercial culture has been manipulated to create a collectivist mentality for a half-century, and its failures are everywhere present and oppressive.
To alter this course of events, individuals must rise, stand together as individuals, support one another yet remain self- reliant, and embrace the potential of the future without concern for present calumny and condemnation.
Friday, October 28, 2016
Rust and Wrought Iron
Choice and action define the power of the individual.
It is the difference between change that evolves and change that is made to happen.
It is the difference between change that evolves and change that is made to happen.
Thursday, October 27, 2016
Let it Bleed
Reduced to caricature, art reflects trifling experience.
There is no value in the superficially clever, embracing, as it does, condescension and mockery.
There are immense debts to be paid to humanity, works to be accomplished through life-long sacrifice, and unforgiving realities to confront.
There is no value in the superficially clever, embracing, as it does, condescension and mockery.
There are immense debts to be paid to humanity, works to be accomplished through life-long sacrifice, and unforgiving realities to confront.
Wednesday, October 26, 2016
Heavy Lifting
Think. Ideas have consequences.
Artistic expression in the service of ideology is no longer art, and nothing more than propaganda.
Artistic expression in the service of ideology is no longer art, and nothing more than propaganda.
Tuesday, October 25, 2016
The Futurist
"Futurist" perspectives range from the absurd to the nihilistic to the truly Modern.
The "Year Zero" point of view is particularly odious, requiring a ridiculous conviction that erasure of all human history, combined with an utter faith in one or another asinine views of "human nature" as essentially "good", will produce an egalitarian Utopia.
The Modern Futurist perspective is simple: Elevate objective possibility into existential reality.
The "Year Zero" point of view is particularly odious, requiring a ridiculous conviction that erasure of all human history, combined with an utter faith in one or another asinine views of "human nature" as essentially "good", will produce an egalitarian Utopia.
The Modern Futurist perspective is simple: Elevate objective possibility into existential reality.
Monday, October 24, 2016
Art Not Art
One need not be a Zen master to observe the absurdity of many so-called attachments.
Consider this in the context of the plethora of shallow, sensational "connections" found in every form of media. Expression without meaning or value, nonetheless, is not cast aside unless by choice.
Consider this in the context of the plethora of shallow, sensational "connections" found in every form of media. Expression without meaning or value, nonetheless, is not cast aside unless by choice.
Sunday, October 23, 2016
Obligation
Observe and express clarity.
Eliminate the unnecessary and irrelevant. This is commitment, and self-reliance.
Eliminate the unnecessary and irrelevant. This is commitment, and self-reliance.
Saturday, October 22, 2016
Credibility
Possibility will not always be realized.
The alternative is of no value, no virtue whatsoever. It is nothing, and without possibility at all.
That is the choice.
The alternative is of no value, no virtue whatsoever. It is nothing, and without possibility at all.
That is the choice.
Friday, October 21, 2016
Purlieu
Any setting is replete with sounds.
Cultural and social conditioning contributes to the suppression of auditory perception.
The disposition to "not hear" sounds present in the environs, once overcome, presents the listener with an expansion of perceptual acuity, and offers the composer a palette of infinite variation.
Cultural and social conditioning contributes to the suppression of auditory perception.
The disposition to "not hear" sounds present in the environs, once overcome, presents the listener with an expansion of perceptual acuity, and offers the composer a palette of infinite variation.
Thursday, October 20, 2016
Wednesday, October 19, 2016
Fitting Imperfection
To understand the experience of reality is to walk through walls.
The small, apparently insignificant gesture elevates expression, revealing what is beneath notice.
The small, apparently insignificant gesture elevates expression, revealing what is beneath notice.
Tuesday, October 18, 2016
Order and Flux
Reality is unchanging, though perspectives alter any understanding, and much remains unknown.
Culture and society form a continuum of change that constantly evolves beyond the grasp of historical perspectives as the heretofore unimagined becomes commonplace.
But as ways of life, art, and expression, these are subject to unchanging reality.
Culture and society form a continuum of change that constantly evolves beyond the grasp of historical perspectives as the heretofore unimagined becomes commonplace.
But as ways of life, art, and expression, these are subject to unchanging reality.
Monday, October 17, 2016
Expression, Reaction, Response
Total effect is a goal in various fields of endeavor.
In crafting the outcome of any creative work, it is worthwhile to note that numerous effects may be developed to generate both unthinking reactions and reasoned responses, and to remember that all responses will reflect, to varied extents, the regard with which one holds the audience for the work.
In crafting the outcome of any creative work, it is worthwhile to note that numerous effects may be developed to generate both unthinking reactions and reasoned responses, and to remember that all responses will reflect, to varied extents, the regard with which one holds the audience for the work.
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