Clip from Rivers and Tides documentary about artist Andy Goldsworthy
I was watching this film again tonight and I remembered how much his art, and his process, influenced mine. He mostly works with his hands and without tools (the odd knife or hammer is sometimes used to work with tough plants like bracken or media like stone), and it reminded me of why I use my fingers instead of brushes.
I also felt a kinship with his fascination for circles and cycles, for the rhythm and flow of life.
The film is very meditative. I enjoyed it thoroughly, like a warm pot of tea.
I.
8 comments:
Merci pour cette promenade enchanteresse... Entre couleurs et symboles, votre peinture a tout pour me séduire !
Je reviendrais avec plaisir...
Belle journée,
Tatieva
Tatieva,
Merci beaucoup!
Salut,
I.
Ivan, thanks for sharing this clip and its importance to you. Rivers and Tides is in my Netflix list to watch now.
Joe!
It's been too long. I'm working on getting my sea legs back. Miss you!
We'll catch up soon. :)
Hugs,
I.
Wow...that makes ME want to bring my art to the edge of collapse. You know, if I made art.
Now I really want is a documentary on the ICS art and process!
Hm, a documentary on my art and process. There's that idea again.
Let's talk more about it--I've still got to get back into the swing of things with the art making and all that.
I think you do bring your art to the edge of collapse. It's why you excel, because you push what you can do and the images you capture. You don't stay safe (and boring) with your work a.k.a. your art.
I.
At least a mini-documentary...or would it be a maxi-commercial?
Well, portraiture during the rest of the year can be pushed to the edge. But now, everyone wants (demands?) a standard image for holiday cards. I can't understand it. I mean, isn't that what Sears is for? Still, I deliver as expected because I'm not in the mood to fight, because I need new gear (read: I need MONEY for new gear).
How do you practice art for art's sake when it is your livelihood? How do you fight for your right to express yourself when rent & groceries are on the line?
A mini-documentary, I get. A Maxi commercial sounds like something else. :)
I practice art for art's sake because that's where it starts, and I'm lucky that it helps to pay the bills, too. I would practice art for art's sake regardless of whether it paid the bills because it's grounding to me to do--I'd be an amateur if I weren't a professional, I guess. And if I were an amateur and had bills to pay, I'd find something else to do so I could continue making art, or to take the pressure off the artmaking (um, like becoming a psychotherapist!). :)
In the end, my desire and right to express myself is what makes my art desirable and valued by my collectors. Even when commissioned, I'm doing what they want but *how* I do it. If somebody commissioned me to paint in the style of somebody else, I'd refuse the work.
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