I have lived most of my life dominated by my left brain. I can plan, organise, manage, implement and review. I can analyse, consider, argue and present a well structured opinion of what is going on. But I am not artistic, can't draw or paint or create music. I have a right brain but it has been a slave to the scientific and commercial world of my life. So it is time for an adventure at ArtHouse in Benidoleig to explore what happens if I paint and create for a week. Who knows where it will go and the most important thing is not to plan too much. Maybe I can/can't paint and can/can't create. Who cares....this is an adventure.
Julia has asked what excites me as I think about this week that starts on Monday. What has surfaced is an idea called España. The more I explore and learn about Spain the more diversity and beauty I see. It is a country of contradictions, energy, dramatic landscapes and full of personality. As I prepare I noticed tension as my drive to perform comes to the fore. I notice this and breathe and relax. Whatever happens this week the intention is to notice and be interested and not to judge.
I am taking some initial ideas in. Faces interest me so I have taken some images of Antonio Banderas, Penelope Cruz and Salvador Dali. I am interested in deconstructing different parts of their faces and seeing what comes out for me. I would like to explore what would happen if I do this with the Spanish colours of yellow and red. But that is probably enough to start me off and see where I go.
I start Monday at 10.30 and finish Friday at 17.30 and will capture what happens as this adventure unfolds.
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