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Comment on Art Critique: David Flood by kseverny

kseverny — Sat, 07 Nov 2009 16:27:53 +0000

true enough.

Comment on Teds List by Pongratz

Pongratz — Tue, 27 Oct 2009 14:10:03 +0000

There is no fear in this dojo!

Comment on Teds List by Pongratz

Pongratz — Thu, 22 Oct 2009 15:06:23 +0000

Check out this photo of banksy… http://bit.ly/1bdATC

Comment on Literal Abstract Expressionism: A New Movement? by taylor

taylor — Thu, 01 Oct 2009 21:31:57 +0000

this is good man. i have influences like all artists. when im making art, im performing a process that is natural to me, the same way that a portrait artist does when he wants to make portraits. Unlike portrait art, my ideas are not entirely premeditated, though they are occasionally loosely planned, i let what every artists can consider to be their collective unconsciousness play a part in the creative process. an individual, unless infinitely creative, has a limit to what types of art they can fathom in their pre-conceptual mind; not a limit to what they can actually create, but a limit in the conscious minds eye based on what each individual has seen, heard, or experienced in their life. this means that there is an infinite amount of art that a person could not create by planning every aspect of there art process. Seeing, experiencing and altering the art freely, not following a concept or idea, while it is being created allows you to interact with the art almost as if your talking to it and hearing the things it speaks to you as the art is being formed. new ideas come to you after seeing the result of a brush stroke, or the covering of a previous move in a violent splashing of an entire gallon of paint on the canvas. these moves cant be predicted but happen nonetheless and cause you to act. this is a closeness to art that cannot be achieve from making countless sketches and preliminary designs. changing some if not all of your previous notions is almost a given when you dont let your learned mind, and do let your instincts govern your creative spirit. arbitration is the opposite of preconception; and i believe that i persons ‘entirely unique’ artistic expression cant be achieved through strict preconception.
if you think less stringently, perhaps carelessly, or even unintentionally about your actions when making your art, you can achieve a level of closeness with art that cannot be attained through planning every move; not that planning is detrimental to creativity entirely, it does however place barriers that are planned ‘to not be broken’ and are thus hindering the artists creative evolution. art is made by the intention; albeit the process iteself be unintentional, the ‘art making’ is intentional still.

Comment on (Self)Publishing My Book – The Roller Coaster Ride by Pongratz

Pongratz — Mon, 14 Sep 2009 12:15:33 +0000

This is not Stephen King’s story about a evil lamp?

Comment on (Self)Publishing My Book – The Roller Coaster Ride by tedmikulski

tedmikulski — Mon, 14 Sep 2009 00:23:05 +0000

Certainly not my intention to bash authors. But from a traditional publishers view, this book is quite different than a novel. My apologizes for how that comes off.

Comment on (Self)Publishing My Book – The Roller Coaster Ride by susan

susan — Mon, 14 Sep 2009 00:02:18 +0000

Uh, “This is an important book. It is not an authors fiction novel dream, I am an artist not an author.” That’s okay, we authors won’t take offense.

Comment on Art Is Dead Book Excerpt by Pongratz

Pongratz — Thu, 27 Aug 2009 12:54:50 +0000

Damn this is some good shit. Your writing style is in a sence a metaphor for accesable art. Clear concise and fun to read. Great job Ted, i cant wait to steal my copy!

Comment on Art Is Dead Book Excerpt by Caio Fernandes

Caio Fernandes — Wed, 26 Aug 2009 20:33:30 +0000

well … i liked to read your blog today .

Comment on Mural in Northhampton, MA by Smolenski

Smolenski — Sat, 08 Aug 2009 19:42:29 +0000

mural is now done, some pics here: http://smolenski.moonfruit.com/#/mill-river-project/4535018330