tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19866191.post113900038665144225..comments2023-04-27T03:43:17.322-05:00Comments on BJ Parady Fiber Art Notes: February buckeyebj paradyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17601731952781710406noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19866191.post-1139435866837040472006-02-08T15:57:00.000-06:002006-02-08T15:57:00.000-06:00so we're not that far apart in how we work, just i...so we're not that far apart in how we work, just in how we think about how we work. I'm quite conscious of my references most of the time...but sometimes I do slip into that fugue of timeless/thoughtless creativity. Then who knows what the driving force is. But all the work I've done up to that point informs it.bj paradyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17601731952781710406noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19866191.post-1139430680734814102006-02-08T14:31:00.000-06:002006-02-08T14:31:00.000-06:00I suppose that everything has some reference to th...I suppose that everything has some reference to the natural world. When I'm working in the abstract I work not to represent some object or scene. If it starts to be too recognizable, I'm not happy with it. But, there is definitely a reference with regard to proportion, figure-ground, how elements connect or repel each other. For me, it's more about creating a sense of space. But that space would only be informed, consciously or unconsiously by my knowledge of the natural world. I haven't spent much time on halucinogenics or submerged in flotation tanks! We might see some really interesting things in that case!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19866191.post-1139425524764311352006-02-08T13:05:00.000-06:002006-02-08T13:05:00.000-06:00So you work strictly from a design (Design, with a...So you work strictly from a design (Design, with a capital d, as in real art) point of view? No inspiration from outside sources of the world around you? Or just inspirations that you don't examine,or think about? That's not how it works for me. I can look at, for example, a sunrise over the ocean on a grey day, where everything is tones of warm greys except for the yellow glow where the sun is just barely peeking through the clouds. From there I would make a piece with mostly horizontal lines, shades of greys, touches of yellow. The yellow wouldn't necessarily be on a horizon line, or round like the sun. No one but me might ever guess at the inspiration. But almost always I start from such a point consciously, deliberately. Maybe that comes from my background as a scientist--I just don't make it up from thin air. Maybe I can't.bj paradyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17601731952781710406noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19866191.post-1139416466056302712006-02-08T10:34:00.000-06:002006-02-08T10:34:00.000-06:00FOr me, abstraction works at a deeper level of und...FOr me, abstraction works at a deeper level of understanding. One that does not get interpreted linguistically or even cognitively. But strictly understood at the level of line, rhythm, of color. As if the image is enjoyed outside the filters of any shared meaning.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com