Have you ever gotten lost in your favorite art museum or art
gallery going from painting to painting ooing and awing and the next piece
before you is a light switch? Our first reaction usually is wow what is this
cool art piece? We quickly come out of our euphoria and hide a little laugh.
The moment of seeing the “real world” is that moment, that sweet moment, wishing
we could always see our world with that feeling.
Now how do we get this “light switch as art” feeling in our
daily lives? We could visit as much of the art that we can take in but that might
be too much of a good thing. Artists prepare for the mysterious trip into their
creative place each in their own way. If the artist is apprehensive and
doubtful, their work will show it, but if they plunge in bravely with confidence
it too will sparkle and speak to the courage it took to present the soul of the
artist to the world. Picasso created some of his best art during the occupation
of Paris and Goya told his stories through his creative art during the
inquisition.
We like to think the lives of artists are courageous and confident,
but in a careful reading about the lives of those well-known and remembered
creators we learn they come in all backgrounds and levels of influences in
their lives. In Goya’s The Third of May
1808, to help the world to experience his pain and passion, we are thrust
before the firing squad. Picasso takes us to the bombing of a modern day city
to experience his pain in his massive work Guernica.
Remember the “light switch as art?” We are sensitized by our personal experiences and the times we live in. Our personal life, our circle of family and friends and beyond all blend with the events of the world we live in. Hopefully we feel the enrichment of life the artists have presented to us, the viewer. The artist’s goal is to help us see the world a little clearer and more intense so we can make a better place to live on this big blue marble slipping through space.
Remember the “light switch as art?” We are sensitized by our personal experiences and the times we live in. Our personal life, our circle of family and friends and beyond all blend with the events of the world we live in. Hopefully we feel the enrichment of life the artists have presented to us, the viewer. The artist’s goal is to help us see the world a little clearer and more intense so we can make a better place to live on this big blue marble slipping through space.
The Third of May 1808 by Francisco de Goya |
Enjoy this art summer,
Joel www.joelellisart.com
Guernica by Pablo Picasso |
Perseverance 22x27 acrylic on canvas Joel F Ellis |
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