morgueville,heartland living.

oh well. taking art for so long has made me somewhat immune to criticisms. i guessed i've learnt to take them in a positive manner. but to completely say that i appear indifferent to bad comments is not true. (i have emotions too, you know.) creating a piece of art, to me, is my input of soul, dedication, ideas, inspiration et al. it is an expression that is solely a mirror image of what is on my mind, of what i think, that would give worthy aesthetical appeal. of course, when creating pieces for others, there would come the conflict of my thoughts and others' intepretation of it. "art is not what you see. is what you make other see." edgar degas. whoever he is. i do not agree completely with his former line. if art is not what you see, how can you make it for others to envisage your thoughts? that's almost like making art sound suspiciously as a public service to its people. artists create pieces that express their thoughts. and others have to learn to understand or at least appreciate it. artists do not create pieces that has the sole purpose of people understanding it. that's commercial artists. i do not deny my passion for art. it has become a way of life. it can take you high up to the constellation of thoughts, making life larger than it is. it can bring you back down to earth. to put your feet tight on the ground and your roots firmly in it. i've decided to cut down on my involvement in odac to concentrate on creating more art for my portfolio. art is probably going to make me one happy/sad person, bringing back my emotions to an already dull life.


these days, i've been creating art for people. there are a lot of restrictions. like making sure people understand what i'm drawing. that why i decided brown would be a nice background for the aquila wall not because it coincidentally is my favourite wardrobe color, but because i thought it is a subtle, yet a different background to bring out the other colors i've chosen (as contrast to black.) the tinge of disappointment that there are people who said brown is dull. (hey it's the new black!) but i put it aside because i'm doing this for people. not entirely for myself. and i'd have to accept that.


aww shucks, gary. i'm really touched by your entry (though it came as a surprise because it didn't really bother me before.). and people who are so appreciative of my art. thank you. doing that banner has been stressful, during and after. during being because the two of us were the main creative input to it. and after being having to accept negative criticism and that if people understood our banner. i expect people to see it and go 'huh' especially with the stupid word 'yet' (which i happily thought was cool.) but our main idea when doing the banner was to make it look messy, unintended, careless and uniquely, geniunely outdoor. art is subjective to all people. like i do not blame people who do not understand some of my pieces, we shall let these oblivious, sad, wriggling, ignorant souls to continue ponder in their own circle, thinking that all banners need to have pictures on it (like what? tents?) so that the masses could be stupid enough to decipher what we are actually promoting. honestly, i'm not that concern with what he has to say to make us more appreciative of our own efforts. i'm more guilty with spending such an outrageous sum of money on a banner when we could have spend just half. i apologise for that.


but other than that, i'm just laughing at his sad ignorance.