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circles of light through my window on a rainy morning

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Three Houses - Paul Klee

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Tristram Lansdowne, 2014

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new toolbox to carry my art supplies to class

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i don’t lift the blinds from this window often, to avoid my books from becoming sun bleached. but it’s pretty to see the sunlight stream in every now & then

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November

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Three Houses - Paul Klee

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I’m reading a book by Johannes Itten, a Bauhaus master who taught at the institution alongside the likes of Kandinsky and Klee, whose teachings propose that the effects of color upon human perception hold a universal truth that is witness-able & innate to us all. Yet, this essence remains ineffable without trained control. Itten states that control of these “color effects” can be achieved through contemplative proportionality and pairing of colors in a space. If color is the “vehicle of expression” in an artwork, the artist cannot let it be an afterthought. 🔳🔲 my ramblings on this subject follow…

Can you describe with words an emotion that is elusive & undefined to us by language alone..? How do you describe emotions and ideas through colors? Is it even possible to convey a personal emotion or feeling to another person without words? Will they ever be able to understand, in totality, what it was that you felt either way ..?

Platonic epistemology & Plato’s doctrine of recollection, are theories (or ideologies) where Plato asserts that all knowledge of the universe is innate to our being & soul, even such that it precedes birth. But, he states, these inherent truths will remain unrecognized, lost to our subconscious, if we don’t first seek its discovery.

Perhaps I just need to learn how to recall these inherent truths of our reality, told through color as it’s divine medium … maybe then I’ll be able to successfully evoke my own inexpressible emotions to another person through my art..?

I’ve always been fascinated by the ways that art can be used to enlighten the overall reality of an observer, unexpectedly creating a lasting impact at times. It is a great achievement to touch the mind and heart of another person through an original creation, especially when the artist’s intention is realized.

Personally, when someone goes out of their way to tell me my art made them feel a particular emotion or connect to an idea, it’s like being understood for the first time. But sometimes, I fail to reconcile with even my own expression through my art.

I’ve long felt frustrated by my inadequacy to truthfully express my thoughts creatively, both to others & to myself. & by chasing answers to my question for a lack of words—it’s led me to the work of others’ who’ve shared the same questions, once asked long ago..

The existence of an essence or dormant knowledge to our reality still remains an indefinite mystery, potentially impossible to answer. But I’m grateful to the Bauhaus masters like Itten, & pioneers like Goethe among others, who approached these metaphysical ideas & developed color science & theory as we know it today.

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Lili (Brown Bunny) and Mimi (White Rabbit) from Aranzi Aronzo

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feeling the rain

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Ermie (Instagram)

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PowerMac 7100

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while i was hospitalized last week, i interacted with so many different people every hour of every day. the opportunity for conversation made me feel happier despite my poor condition… being around so many people who cared for me, even though it was simply their job. is that sad how i miss it?

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life in simple shapes

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