There is something I tell myself often and it is this, “We
make-- to confirm our reality”. Creating images or objects is a declaration of
the self, it is an affirmation that you are present, that life has happened, it
is a voice to the silence.
I believe this is why we are here and doing what we are
doing, and this will be the reason we continue to do this
art-making-mind-spewing act of creation.
During Senior we listened to countless people tell us the
way to do things… or rather, the way they did things. But there was never a
formula or a set path… we have chosen this thing we do because we love it and
it happens to be the most ambiguous journey we never thought it would be. That
is what makes it great (but scary) and never boring. Someone once told me that they
couldn’t go into people’s studios because it was like walking through their
minds and it was too much. This is a snapshot of impact, the ability we have as
makers to infuse our work with our thoughts… it is a power and an objective to
strive for.
I feel lucky to have gotten the chance to watch a group of
people struggle for something so valuable, to confirm their reality.
It is rare that people in the world get to listen or see the
truth behind the reality, this is the potential we can have, and this is what
you have given me.
Good Luck,
Photon4lyfe
-Charlie
p.s. see you in grad school
p.s. see you in grad school
HERE HERE!
ReplyDeleteI am not too sure how to respond to this. The semester warped up soo quickly my head is spinning. This really is an ambiguous journey, is their any way to know or even get a general direction we will end up in? we have watched peoples ideas grow and change for the past eight months, and we have watched each other grow as artists for the past four years. I really hope to stay in touch with the people i have been blessed to share time in this cave with for the past few years. thank you all for giving so much.
ReplyDeletep.s. Photon4lyfe = BAD ASS!
this makes me wanna cry
ReplyDeleteI want to say something really cheesy and overly sentimental but I'll try and refrain. Point is, it's been a pleasure working next to all of you. Now it's time to go out into the world and become something...we can do it, we've learned so much and I think we're all ready. :)
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