thomasdearthomas:2014 May 11 Floored Series Art is Emotion, Art is Conflict, it is self doubt, it is
thomasdearthomas: 2014 May 11 Floored Series Art is Emotion, Art is Conflict, it is self doubt, it is real, it is imagined, it is Peace, it is Stress, it is Fear, and it is Courage. It is obviously too many things to name, but I find myself constantly questioning everything about this project, settling on answers that seem to make sense, censoring, limiting, hiding, giving into fear, accepting societies definitions of what art should be, and how it should be presented. It’s so damn frustrating to over think this project, to put myself out there and hope that it makes sense. I hear all these questions in my head, “do you have to be hard? Do you have to be nude? do you have to show everything? why does it all look so tortured? why are you always so dramatic?” I imagine people stumbling onto this page and assuming the answers to these questions without even thinking, without knowing, without feeling, simply dismissing this work as modern art porn trash, “he’s an exhibitionist!” “There are better ways to get attention!” I convince myself that it’s unnecessary to answer the questions, though I still try through various captions and written posts on this blog. I only need to express the emotions, the war that wages between my heart and mind, the struggle, the ideas, the joy, the pain, the fear, the courage, I need to explore these ideas as art, and they have to be Real, Raw, and genuine. The truth is I don’t want or need this work to look aesthetically pleasing, I just want it to feel and be felt. I read a quote the other day that said the quietest people have the loudest minds, I feel like that’s what this work captures for me, it expresses all the emotions in my head and heart, not necessarily the words I don’t speak. © 2007-2015 DearIndifference -- source link