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Sunday, December 15, 2024

Lambchop Teaches me about Ephemeral Constructs (Art Ideas)

 


So it all began with Lambchop. A friend had given me a bunch of studio donations and in it was this tiny plush doll of Lambchop the adorable sidekick of Shari Lewis (look it up if you have no clue who they are). Most of the items I put out in our freebie box in front of the house. But I had to keep Lambchop. So when I was cleaning the studio, I had no clue where it should go in an already heaping studio. So I had this ceramic cup of a wild looking middle eastern gentleman. So I decided to put Lambchop in the cup for the moment. Its cute right? I'd find a better spot for it later.

But I kept looking at it, thinking "there is something I'm missing here". This feeling usually means I've got a new creative idea coming on, but it wasn't quite ready to show itself to me.

So I went out to the porch studio and was photographing some sculpture work, when I glanced at a pile of items I'd been putting on a shelf. Some of these I'd had awhile. I also had a very unusual glasswork candle holder I'd just brought up to the front. So what if I put these items on top of the candle holder and arranged them in an unusual pattern. 

Then it hit me! Lambchop was trying to tell me something. These were creative constructs. But not the kind that someone could buy. They were.....hmm....come on Grey its on the tip of your tongue....EMPHEMERAL. They were artistic constructs that may change at any given moments. I suddenly looked around and realized that these were NOT the only ephemeral constructs around me. They were everywhere!

This wasn't by chance. I'd had the habit for years of taking items which I'd purchased for my art and placing them in interesting configurations until I decided I needed them. This helped me not forget that I had the items. Its just that I had never looked at them as art because they were so momentary. 

They were Ephemeral Constructs and they were all around me. From the selected objects I'd placed on shelves, to objects I'd stacked together because I like looking at them. They all had momentary beauty that would last only a short time before being reconfigured. 

So what could I do with us? These weren't my typical Conceptual Constructs. Those were meant to be static creations that remained once completed. But there must be a way these fit into the pattern of my life as an artist. 

So its now my goal to consider this idea and what it means. I know when people come to visit the studio that they are always amazed at the array of objects around the studios. But this puts the whole idea of a studio visit into different perspective. 

So now what? I don't know, but Lambchop and I will figure it out. Good ideas are often slow ideas. We'll see what we get next!


Monday, December 9, 2024

STREET SINNERS - Songs of the Homeless (Art & Micro-Verse Merged)

 


What you mean “who am I”?
I’m yer God fool!
Don’t you act like you don’t know it either!
What you laughing about?
I’m gonna lay hands on you fucker!
Then you gonna know who I am!
I am your God and I bring hellfire on yer ass!
Fuckers don’t respect no one anymore

This is a series composed of art and what I call micro-verse. I attempt to augment the art through words written spontaneously to match that art. Micro-verse is meant to take you to a deeper place of meaning within the art. If the images and words are offensive, just remember that not all art is meant to be cute. Some is meant to make you think and sometimes to even take offense.

THE FERAL CAT - Songs of the Homeless (Art & Micro-Verse Merged)

 


Approach to close and I will bite your face off and spit it back at you
Try to cage me and I will rip the fucking bars out with my claws
Feed me and I will gorge myself and then puke upon your nice shoes
Find me a bed to lay my weary head and I will piss in it then run
Show me love and kindness and I will show you hate

This is all I know. This is all I can return.
This is the rabies of my soul

This is a series composed of art and what I call micro-verse. I attempt to augment the art through words written spontaneously to match that art. Micro-verse is meant to take you to a deeper place of meaning within the art. If the images and words are offensive, just remember that not all art is meant to be cute. Some is meant to make you think and sometimes to even take offense.

SPELUNKING (The World of Abstract Prurience)


 Abstract Prurience is an art concept that changes the human nude body and expressions of sex into an abstract art form. It takes ideas of nudity and sex and transforms it into the world of dreamlike abstraction. It removes the stigma of body shyness and allows a person to view the human body as the art form it has always been. It removes gender to the point where the viewer is often unsure if there is even a gender identity to the figures. 

THE INHOSPITABLE REGIONS (The World of Abstract Prurience)


 Abstract Prurience is an art concept that changes the human nude body and expressions of sex into an abstract art form. It takes ideas of nudity and sex and transforms it into the world of dreamlike abstraction. It removes the stigma of body shyness and allows a person to view the human body as the art form it has always been. It removes gender to the point where the viewer is often unsure if there is even a gender identity to the figures. 

ENDURANCE (The World of Abstract Prurience)

 


Abstract Prurience is an art concept that changes the human nude body and expressions of sex into an abstract art form. It takes ideas of nudity and sex and transforms it into the world of dreamlike abstraction. It removes the stigma of body shyness and allows a person to view the human body as the art form it has always been. It removes gender to the point where the viewer is often unsure if there is even a gender identity to the figures. 

SLIPPING IN THE BACKDOOR (The World of Abstract Prurience)

 


Abstract Prurience is an art concept that changes the human nude body and expressions of sex into an abstract art form. It takes ideas of nudity and sex and transforms it into the world of dreamlike abstraction. It removes the stigma of body shyness and allows a person to view the human body as the art form it has always been. It removes gender to the point where the viewer is often unsure if there is even a gender identity to the figures. 

ABSTINENCE (The World of Abstract Prurience)

 


Abstract Prurience is an art concept that changes the human nude body and expressions of sex into an abstract art form. It takes ideas of nudity and sex and transforms it into the world of dreamlike abstraction. It removes the stigma of body shyness and allows a person to view the human body as the art form it has always been. It removes gender to the point where the viewer is often unsure if there is even a gender identity to the figures. 

WARMTH (The World of Abstract Prurience)

 


Abstract Prurience is an art concept that changes the human nude body and expressions of sex into an abstract art form. It takes ideas of nudity and sex and transforms it into the world of dreamlike abstraction. It removes the stigma of body shyness and allows a person to view the human body as the art form it has always been. It removes gender to the point where the viewer is often unsure if there is even a gender identity to the figures. 

TIME STOPS (The World of Abstract Prurience)


 

Abstract Prurience is an art concept that changes the human nude body and expressions of sex into an abstract art form. It takes ideas of nudity and sex and transforms it into the world of dreamlike abstraction. It removes the stigma of body shyness and allows a person to view the human body as the art form it has always been. It removes gender to the point where the viewer is often unsure if there is even a gender identity to the figures. 

Saturday, December 7, 2024

CHILDREN OF THE STREET - Songs of the Homeless (Art & Micro-Verse Merged)


This is my tribe

It keeps me warm when the cold rain comes
It keeps me fed when we scavenge in the streets
It keeps me laughing when there is nothing but misery each day
It keeps companionship around me when I am lonely
It keeps me from losing my mind completely
It keeps me from forgetting that I am only 12 when I feel 100

This is my tribe

This is a series composed of art and what I call micro-verse. I attempt to augment the art through words written spontaneously to match that art. Micro-verse is meant to take you to a deeper place of meaning within the art. If the images and words are offensive, just remember that not all art is meant to be cute. Some is meant to make you think and sometimes to even take offense.

CLOSING IN ON ETERNITY (The World of Abstract Prurience)

 


What is Abstract Prurience?

Abstract Prurience is an art concept that changes the human nude body and expressions of sex into an abstract art form. It takes ideas of nudity and sex and transforms it into the world of dreamlike abstraction. It removes the stigma of body shyness and allows a person to view the human body as the art form it has always been. It removes gender to the point where the viewer is often unsure if there is even a gender identity to the figures.  

MINOR LEAGUE TALENT (The World of Abstract Prurience)

 


What is Abstract Prurience?

Abstract Prurience is an art concept that changes the human nude body and expressions of sex into an abstract art form. It takes ideas of nudity and sex and transforms it into the world of dreamlike abstraction. It removes the stigma of body shyness and allows a person to view the human body as the art form it has always been. It removes gender to the point where the viewer is often unsure if there is even a gender identity to the figures. 

GATEWAY (The World of Abstract Prurience)

 


What is Abstract Prurience?

Abstract Prurience is an art concept that changes the human nude body and expressions of sex into an abstract art form. It takes ideas of nudity and sex and transforms it into the world of dreamlike abstraction. It removes the stigma of body shyness and allows a person to view the human body as the art form it has always been. It removes gender to the point where the viewer is often unsure if there is even a gender identity to the figures.  

IN MY SIGHTS (The World of Abstract Prurience)

 


What is Abstract Prurience?

Abstract Prurience is an art concept that changes the human nude body and expressions of sex into an abstract art form. It takes ideas of nudity and sex and transforms it into the world of dreamlike abstraction. It removes the stigma of body shyness and allows a person to view the human body as the art form it has always been. It removes gender to the point where the viewer is often unsure if there is even a gender identity to the figures.