January 27, 2010
Creative language
I did get some schooling in art, it wasn't fine art training so much as vocational artists training. The fine arts training that I have acquired is as a result of being released into this creative world of ours. It takes time to integrate what you learn in school and to make it your own. I think it is a lifetime pursuit. (Don't believe for a minute that you need to go to school to embark on this journey).
I have to say that school learning is dry and perfunctory-the playing field needs to be leveled in order to lay a ground work, learning for the self and for the passion of making is much juicier, tasty like. Last night I had a little epiphany. What would happen if I replaced the dry thoughts of learning past and recreated a language of design and composition that works for me in my current world?
So as I look at and evaluate ideas in design and composition as they relate to me and my creative language, I see patterns, repetition, and acts of play. I am also exploring my three words for the year, Mend, Intuit and Random.
This little nude asked for creative release, that is when I sewed the smattering of scallops along the left hand border. Last night I began thinking about the sleepy pose of the nude and what this little gal might be dreaming about. Which made me think of Repose in Yellow.
Do you see the connections and flow of my thoughts?
So our dream gal is dreaming of music, perhaps sleeping to tunes that are soothing to her soul. In my creative/visual dictionary, beside loving music and needing to listen to it as I create, I often break out in dance to release the exuberance of the making. Music is also my husband (a musician), a connection to intuit. So...dream, exuberance, intuit, love.
Will you join me in exploring your own creative language? What and where do your ideas and images connect? Can you implement these ideas into elements of design? This is creative voice.
Posted by Melly at January 27, 2010 10:50 AMYour colors make me happy. Your ideas spark new ones in me. Your words make me think.
Thanks for making the effort to share them.
Posted by: Lyric Kinard at February 9, 2010 1:50 PMWhat kind of musician is your husband? My son is a jazz sax player who lived in Brooklyn for 6 years - left a year and a half ago. Small world.
Posted by: jeanette sclar at February 7, 2010 9:46 PMI love your three words! Wonderful choices...
Posted by: pamdora at February 4, 2010 6:40 AMhey! what's patriciaG talking about? 'you know what on the 24th of next month'? let's see, you're going to a concert naked?
anyway. lovely piece...
what am I doing? mend, intuit, random. LOVE those words!
This post is very timely for me. I too am on a quest to look for my 'symbols' and I am at this time working on a small postcard for a friend (and one for an exchange) that also just happens to have music notes on it.
I haven't posted it to my blog as her b'day is Tue. I will show it once she has seen it.
I like your design. I have a hard time to free myself from realism. I know the symbols are real, but I keep wanting to have everything fit together as it would in real life and I'm trying to break that.I like the contrast between the figures and the texture of background too. very nice.
This is the perfect post to read and enjoy as I sip on my Friday evening wine!
Posted by: Gina at January 29, 2010 7:37 PMThis is simply beautiful Melanie.
The connected family of colors is very soothing.
I love it.
Alma
Posted by: Alma Stoller at January 29, 2010 3:06 PMand the yellow is so soothing... as the baseline for the moods you've created.... loveit. xo
Posted by: leilani pierson at January 28, 2010 3:36 PMYour gal is beautiful and soothing. Why is it that I get my creative inklings like when I'm driving with the kids? (When it is impossible to just write it down!) I also get wonderful sparks of inspiration when I am doing art projects with my children, their absolute joy in something as simple as the "very Pink" crayon or the "metallic turquoise" paint leaves me breathless!
Posted by: Cassie Shella at January 27, 2010 9:18 PMYour artwork reminds me of going to my friends house ~ there is always so much to enjoy with little surprises that make me smile. Wonderful post. Hugs.
Posted by: Jeannie at January 27, 2010 9:01 PMMelly: Love the progress of the above piece. The addition of the music was perfect. And the dreaminess of the lower one. When I saw the flying geese (?) I thought: Perfect for doing you know what on the 24th next month.
Posted by: PatriciaG at January 27, 2010 5:27 PM