I have often wondered if you can engage in communication without a second party. Can you use words, sounds etc. to express or exchange info etc. as the definition above states without the "someone else" or the message that is "given to someone" Does there actually have to be another person on the end of the line, a defined "someone" to receive the message? Or can simply putting the information out into the universe still be communication. If you don't know who is going to pick up the info, read the blog, see the video, etc. Are you still in the act of communicating? After much thought, I have decided that the answer is yes. I look at communication as a process. To complete the process you need someone to start things off by sharing information/expressing and then you need someone to receive it. There is no time limit on this process. It can take second or years. So, I communicate... and I wonder who will finish the process.
Lessons learned:
1- No matter what you are doing, if you rush though, you will screw it up and in the end it will take longer to finish.
2- People are more fragile than they want you to know and stronger than they think they are.
3- I really don't like to be hot.
4- Medical issues, no matter how small, can really be a pain in the ass!
ARt thoughts...
I have been putting a lot of time in the studio the past few weeks. It's been such a pleasure to be able to really focus on finishing and creating some new works and really struggling through structural and conceptual issues and coming out in the end with some (if I may say so myself) rather lovely solutions. I feel like this time has feed something within that was starving. I get into the routine of the semesters and though I absolutely love teaching and would never give it up and switch to being solely a studio artist, I need to find a balance with them to make sure that one part of myself doesn't shrivel and die.
I wonder if all creative people find the balance a hard thing to keep/find. How do we maintain our personal need to create in what ever medium we work in and our need to make money to live and be part of society (or not) when sometimes those goals are at complete odds? I have found that sometimes I have to switch up my creative mediums, going from sculpture to writing even though I have no idea if the writing will ever be anything other than a file on my computer that only I will ever see. I still find that it gives me something, feeds me in a way that making art does (though on a smaller scale somehow) Do you utilize other creative media to find your balance?
Conundrum questions:
What are your lessons learned?
How do you find a balance between the every day and the creative needs?
Do you get that "Artistic High" from the struggles, successes and failures of the creative process?
Side note: I will be getting back to the video series as soon as the hives on my face are completely gone. I may put up a few things just for fun in the mean time.
Until we Conundrum again!