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drawing as meditation
skycsil:
--- Quote from: Alana on September 30, 2011, 09:47:28 PM ---I agree on both points. In fact, trying to draw realistically, helps increase our observation skills and attention to detail, as well as our awareness towards reality.
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Indeed! You need to be quite objective and analytic, still sensible enough to catch the spirit of what you're trying to represent.
Somebody once told me I was more an observer than a protagonist (in terms of Piaget's division of humanity) as it if was a bad thing. I think it's far better to observe than trying to be the center of attention. And a lot more useful :P
NewOrleans:
Thanks very much, everyone. Right now I needed to hear some positive response. (Maybe I need a visit to The Swamp to kick that around. I need to snap out of this self-pity RIGHT THIS SECOND.)
Artmaking is a natural gift most people lose by age eleven. Kids are innocent and so they see everything until they're socialized to forget. Really seeing is how I understand Gurdjieff's teachings as I translate that into art. A drawing is a trick pointing to something real..... We work on ourselves only, and so everything becomes a self-portrait.
Realistic drawing takes real focus, an understanding of light, patience and what I can only call tenderness for Creation. Maybe it's too obvious to say out loud sometimes, but whether it's a tree or a night sky or a girl's profile, we are surrounded by a miracle and hardly notice. It's not daydreaming. To be able to catch that moment-in-Time by doing a simple thing right is a very small accomplishment in the rush of the modern world so lacking in beauty. Unless you take a second to notice.
(correction made)
Scarlet:
This is stunning, NewOrleans! Hey, this is a little OT, but may I have your permission to print out your G posters from the other thread to post up in my classroom? I would only make one print of each.
NewOrleans:
Sure, Scarlet. Feel free to use all three of them. Higher rez would be better. I could get higher rez files to you through a moderator if one will help you to transfer. No outside-the-forum contact is necessary.
Scarlet:
--- Quote from: NewOrleans on October 01, 2011, 05:53:29 AM ---Sure, Scarlet. Feel free to use all three of them. Higher rez would be better. I could get higher rez files to you through a moderator if one will help you to transfer. No outside-the-forum contact is necessary.
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I would really appreciate that, NewOrleans, thanks!! :D
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