Art philosophy and perception, delving into the depths of art and its meaning.
This article “In the Bohemian Mind” portrays a different outlook on art and its depth with our connectedness as intelligent life.
Art is the way to undiscovered lands in our souls and depths with emotional flare …
Sitting on a bench facing the river and waving with it sounds alone at night, the bohemian mind is searching for inspiration across the land living in moment and moving with the forces of life, a question has surfaced with the soft sound of small waves clashing, yet they were as well of his thoughts, ” What’s the depth for my art, and further what depth of the human mind can art portray?”. A journey started with a question forging a way to the wonderland.
Before we go through that I should answer a question you didn’t ask but you need to know the answer, which is; why art? And why you should care in the first place?
I’m not going to give you a historical and empirical view of why art takes a place in our lives but rather, I will give you the experience of art and its philosophy.
We naturally communicate our thoughts and what we feel through speech and language using our bodies to convey these meanings yet we can’t say anything that crosses our minds, except for that miracle friend who just says it all with no shame, they are truly an exception but back to my point; there are things we don’t know how to convey nor see clearly anyways and I’m not talking about things we can’t convey because we lack the technical skills to do so or lack the knowledge for or simply the lack of vocabulary in our arsenal. But rather things we can’t easily understand and take part in our imagination and play a part of our lives whether we know it or not.
What is art all about?
Art is an expression for our creative minds and a play, you could say it’s a universal language of feelings, ideas, philosophies… a bridge for us to convey what’s hidden if we dare or portray beauty as we see it or a message we can’t say out loud.
It’s like the feeling of unease when we expect something bad will happen, the whirlwind of our thoughts when we indulge in our fears, or the floating feeling when we think too much… They are all complex feelings that are hard to convey, you probably sitting at the other side thinking, and art is the way to do that …
You are probably right, but actually, we can somehow communicate these feelings through imagination and a spark of creativity to the friend who listened to our stories and has glimpses of us in his mind.
Let’s go deeper, what about things that affect us but we are un -aware of?! That’s a catch and it’s tricky, like a trauma or a fact that we considered as truth for us and it’s not, what about parts of our former selves that didn’t burn when we changed and leached dysfunctionally taking only space? How can you express what you don’t see?
You might say, that is what art is for?
I would say maybe and as a matter of fact, art is an expression of the mind and the feelings of the heart and yet we don’t come across a whole of that often as you need a specific setup for it and a lead but reflective images are fun, when you paint the feeling of an image that crosses your mind. And sometimes the feelings are strong and the painting is a congruent image in structure and idea.
I can only say that art is an expression of the genius mind and genius by definition is seeing a target nobody else sees … through its different forms and acts, that’s art for me. What is art for you?
Anyways, why would that matter after all you don’t get your problems resolved after you have looked at a certain painting or magic spurs into your life or things start moving around?!
Well, definitely not to your eyes but maybe to your heart and mind… Let me tell you a story about magic that moves around us and we don’t always notice its effect like the nice compliment someone told you or the joke that made your day.. that magic heals and so does the magic of art, sometimes we heal just when we feel connected and touched by exposure to our wounds, we are most alive when we felt heard and seen and art offer consoles for our mended hearts whether you are the artist or the viewer of the art.
The experience of the viewer is unique rather than the view of the artist and that is because the artist is occupied with the performance and the details and will often focus on his/her mistakes or the emotions that come with it. The viewer projects his view and emotions on the art and in this case, I’m going to take paintings to set the example, the viewer looks at a painting with his unique vision and if it sparks something within him or aligns with a question in his mind, giving motion to a feeling or showing allegiance to a creed or a thought or inspiration for creation and more… Creation brings up more creation and thus infinity.
The viewer gives the art meaning separately from the meaning of the art itself and art tends to portray a message often that is in the intention of the artist to do so. And sometimes it’s just a beauty or luxury and this is my least favorite type.
Still, why should you care about all of that?
You shouldn’t simply. Should or need doesn’t work with art as it’s in us already, we just need to ignite it first, it’s ourselves that we seek in art not the other way around because the latter we don’t fully understand and might even forget and art just like the good ignite for the fire that lights our life, it requires art to explore art that is you.
How much meaning can a painting hold?
Paintings can hold infinite meanings but they lose their characteristics in that sense as the painting comes to a stall of mere potential which is infinite and it’s hard to relate with that on any level and it can’t touch any surface of one’s emotions, Yet paintings can have many meanings and depths that evoke perception shifts to the eye of the sharp and yield an internal effect that is inexplicable, that’s my favorite type of art. What about you?
I will leave you with this abstract painting of mine I called Strange Presence. To dwell on it and let it inspire you.
