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Brute strength. Quiet strength. The strength of steel. Flexible sapling strength...
I chose an imperfect variety:
The final image:
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There are a number of points I find really interesting about the number of images for simplicity that I could generate and that exist already in the wider world. For me personally, it shouldn't have come as a surprise that I would generate so many ideas around this concept, after all, it's something I've been aiming at and getting closer to for quite a while. For the wider world, I find it revealing that it has such a large place in our visual vocabulary. With so many symbols for simplicity, it means that it is important to many people. What a wonderful thing.
And now on to the vid that explains all the rambling ideas that led to my version of a symbol for simplicity. And there were so many I had to take notes! So many that I could do an entire painting series on simplicity. Now there's an idea to file away.
And the final image. A bit Japanese, and a lot Australian:
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OK, so I know I said this painting challenge was to be a painting a day from Spring Equinox to Beltane, BUT, having done the first week, I can see that is going to be wholly unsustainable. So, I am adjusting the schedule slightly to every week day instead of every day, for the sake of my sanity. After all, the challenge is meant to instill a bit of discipline and get me painting regularly. And although it's supposed to be a challenge, I am also supposed to enjoy it AND be able to complete it. I can see that without the weekends off to catch up on other areas of my life, ahem, work, I am going to fall behind and hate this whole idea.
So, catch you Monday!
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My first thoughts around stability led straight to stone. Specifically, ancient carved stone such as the statues on Easter Island.
But stone is not permanent. It's not fully stable.
In fact, when you really think about it, there is nothing that is permanently stable. So one of these seemed quite apt:
So that's the brief summary. And the movie that goes into a bit more depth:
And the end result:
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This is what happens when humans, their technology, nature, and fractals collide...
All of these have adaptability as a core strength.
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Well today has been hell, so if(!) I look a bit worn out, it's because the computer issues are landing like dominoes. First the virus, then the back up disk dies. Virus writers should be lined up and shot. And for the record, Microsoft - you suck. Maxtor - you suck too. But I am CONFIDENT I will get all these issues resolved. However, it is likely to mess with my posting schedule. I'll do my best.
Here are some examples of the sort of cocky, bravado, puffed up ego foolhardiness I was trying to avoid depicting. Interesting that these were the top results in Google pictures for confidence. None of these are what I would call real confidence. What does that say about our society? Not much good I fear.
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Here's the pic:
And the inspiration behind it (posted late because Microsoft sucks big time... that'll do or I will rant for the next 14 hours).
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If you thought the finding of the horse cave art at Lascaux, France was amazing, this article will blow you away. 1500 rock art images from 60 to 15,000 years old. I barely know where to begin. But it is turning the idea that the Aborigines lived in complete isolation for thousands of years on it's head, which I think is a good thing. I always thought that idea was a load of nonsense given how close we are to Indonesia and New Zealand.
There's no pictures of the "new" artwork along with this article, but nevertheless, this is astonishing.
HIDDEN in Arnhem Land's remote Wellington Ranges is a maze of tortured sandstone and an enormous overhang concealing one of the world's most important rock art panels. The Djulirri rock shelter's 1500 stunning paintings are a record of all that makes people marvellous and terrifying, a spectacular narrative spanning almost the entire past of ancient and modern humanity in the area, the indigenous equivalent of Manning Clark's six-volume history of Australia.Some of its motifs are more than 15,000 years old, while others tell of the interaction with different races — with Macassan sailor traders from Sulawesi, in what is now the Indonesian archipelago, to missionaries, to a World War II-era ship and an early biplane, a rifle, a car and bicycle. With its depictions of technological change, violence, culture clashes and burgeoning ideas from the outside world, it may well be the longest continuously updated historical record on the planet.A stunning trip through time | theage.com.au
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On Djulirri's walls are ancient anatomical depictions of a kangaroo and an emu. A closer look reveals a faded rainbow serpent, a likely contemporary of Egypt's pyramids. Visitors' eyes are quickly drawn to a fleet of ships painted with astonishing grace and detail. One is a caricature of a ship and its crew and looks like it might have come straight from the pages of Dr Seuss. But it is revealing because it includes interior detail of the hull that could only have been obtained by an Aboriginal aboard.
Horseshoes are depicted hanging from the inside of another hull, raising the intriguing question of whether Aborigines helped crew these boats.
There are boxing scenes and missionaries, including a priest with a clerical collar, sea captains, a crocodile many metres long, a long boat with a harpooned whale, even writing in beeswax. Near the end of the shelter is a poignant Amen.
Disturbingly, many images portray terrible conflict between Aborigines. Guse says the fact that many depict spearings is perhaps indicative of the cultural change that followed the arrival of missionaries.
There is no doubt Djulirri is at the centre of art illustrating contact with the outside world.
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A quick introduction to my world by one hot chick (no, not me). Also a rundown on my artistic philosophy, the influence of Joseph Campbell and the brand new painting plan beginning Spring Equinox. Hello world, hello spring chickens and hello to you...
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And the only question I have is, 'what took you so long?'. This seems to me to be a well thought out experiment. Ingeniously simple. I'm gagging to find out the results, but I'll have to wait 3 years. This is awesome stuff. What will it tell us about our modern view of the world? Is the near death experience of a bright light an affect image? Or a psychological phenomenon? Both? And will it give any pointers as to where we should look to make some current usable relevant myths? Or will the idea of the bright light just be debunked and trashed as new-age woowoo?BBC NEWS | Health | Study into near-death experiences
"Doctors at 25 UK and US hospitals will study 1,500 survivors to see if people with no heartbeat or brain activity can have "out of body" experiences. Some people report seeing a tunnel or bright light, others recall looking down from the ceiling at medical staff. The study, due to take three years and co-ordinated by Southampton University, will include placing on shelves images that could only be seen from above. This is a mystery that we can now subject to scientific study. To test this, the researchers have set up special shelving in resuscitation areas. The shelves hold pictures - but they're visible only from the ceiling."
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