Just Thinking...

Sometimes I wonder if opening one's mind to all and any possibility is something everyone does.

That isn't as eloquent as a statement as I wish it were, but then again I do not know really what I am trying to say.

I have just been thinking about the diagram of story. It's essence. What truly lies underneath the surface. And, Yes, I have finished reading Story by Robert McKee. I recommend the book not just to the film aficionado, but to the artist as well. Along with anybody else interested in the dynamic of the human spirit. I believe the book strikes upon so many levels of depth and insight that it has not only helped me to see into script writing, but to also analyze my, art, and the world in which I hope to inspire with my art. Or, perhaps enlighten.

Not to get too philosophical, but it is just that I see things in a clear light... Well, not so much clearer, but I have a better vocabulary and clarity for being able to describe the dynamics to which I wish to show.

As an artist this after all, is what I am trying to strive for. The art of story. Whether it be through concept, abstract or concrete, my goal is still the same. As artist I have never really thought of myself as story teller, but in actuality that is what all artist are.

I have never been merely a painter, or illustrator, or sculptor, or any of the type of categorizing. I have always vehemently denied such labels, but that of artist.

I have had a friend tell me that I am one of the last few artist remaining in the world... In a way I can see where he might say such things although this was years ago.

I understand him not out of a vanity, pretentiousness, or a ego maniacal self. I can see this idea that he sees in me because of my creative scope. I do not label myself a painter or one of the greats... I am simply a person in perfection of my craft... And my craft is that of artist.

If that means my muse takes me to literature than who am I to contest that I am not a writer? If I am pushed to become a playwright, or poet... Than who am I to deny the creative message that must be portrayed through such techniques. My goal is to push Art to the edge, not the idea of art.... Not what is or isn't art, but simply to push Art. An artist that writes is different than a writer that writes. An artist that is willing to illustrate and write children's books within the same breathe as creating a sculpture of infinite abstraction and high concept and to the depth of both crafts.

To be an artist is to act without thinking and step into the creative world of the indefinite only to find failure and success teetering within the swoop of one swift long and beautiful stroke of the brush or choice of the word.

A color...

A sentence...

Both can have a profound effect on the world and those that inhabit it around us. Sometimes I just think that in the grand scheme of things people tend to lose fact of the true sight of one's time here. It is not the collection of materials possessed, but rather the impact one has on the world around us.

Then there are those truly sublime individuals that follow paths of non effect to any one. A world without a world. Brought into the world and fade out just as easily. Not a morbid thought, but an honest reality. Those who simply walk a narrow road of self comfort. In those individuals I see discipline and fear.

That is not my road. I am one that must infect the world with beauty, ideas, words, images, thought, concept, and anything else I can do to shake things up.

This is a world that truly does need artist, at a time right now... More than ever....

And that is why I am an artist and will always be nothing more...