The problem I have with visual art is that I'm not sure how much I like or enjoy it. I've never been moved by a piece of art in the way I am frequently overwhelmed by music. Art has never made me feel like I'm experiencing someone else's life like a novel can or impress me in the way Architecture often does. I've never laughed out loud or cried looking at art but a film can do that to me easily.
There is however something I find completely compelling about visual art. The desire to make sense of what can't be described in words or conveyed in a story, the compulsion to look and relook. I seem continually to be examining the world around me, trying to understand the connections between objects, shapes, movement, sound, ideas.
Sometimes I think visual art is more like an affliction. Thankfully the work I have been making recently is cheery and I like the look of it when I'm done, it's like a soothing balm on a weeping sore.
There is however something I find completely compelling about visual art. The desire to make sense of what can't be described in words or conveyed in a story, the compulsion to look and relook. I seem continually to be examining the world around me, trying to understand the connections between objects, shapes, movement, sound, ideas.
Sometimes I think visual art is more like an affliction. Thankfully the work I have been making recently is cheery and I like the look of it when I'm done, it's like a soothing balm on a weeping sore.