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Jacob Lawrence

5/29/2017

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My belief is that it is most important for an artist to develop a philosophy about life. Then he does not put paint on canvas, he puts himself on canvas.
Jacob Lawrence

I love Lawrence's statement because it is suggest that the deeper artist asks deeper questions and is not merely applying an aesthetic affectation to the canvas.


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Coffee At Zoka in Tangletown

5/6/2017

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I'm drawing in my sketchbook at Zoka Coffee House right now. I am overhearing four people (in their 30s?) at the next table talking about ​"how cool it would be to share one consciousness, and to be one with everyone". Just an ordinary conversation these days, apparently.

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Georges Braque: "Art Is A Wound That Turns To Light"

5/6/2017

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PictureGeorges Braque (1882-1963)
"Art is a wound that turns into light." - Georges Braque

Art is a wound because it documents human suffering. It reveal humanity’s psychological pain. Art—the wound, turns into light when it enables us to see the pain. Once we see the pain, healing begins.

The "light" symbolizes a new state of consciousness that transcends the old wounded state. Another way of saying it is that out of suffering comes beauty, like the pains of birth, I am told. This was true in Van Gogh's case. His life was apparently full of suffering and yet we are in awe of the beauty of his artwork. 

The wound is an opening, like a door, or a gash that opens into light. We have to go through the wound to reach the light beyond. We do not evolve if we do not face our wounds then move beyond them.

James Joyce said the same thing as Braque but in a slightly different way: "History is the nightmare from which I am trying to awake."  Contained in history is the record of human insanity and suffering. But when we finally awaken, we realize that our awakening was brought about by our suffering.

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  • ABOUT POST PERSONALISM
  • PORTFOLIO
    • ARTIST STATEMENT
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    • CONSCIOUSNESS PROJECT, 2018
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    • RESUME
    • BIO
  • EXHIBITS / EVENTS
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    • 2017 POST PERSONALISM PROJECT
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  • 2 PRESENTATION 10/28/17
  • ESSAY - CONSCIOUSNESS AS LIGHT AND SPACE
  • OIL PAINTING CLASSES
  • AN ART THAT SPEAKS FOR ONENESS