I'll have some consequential content soon. My most recent hard hitting piece was about imposter syndrome and considering the sale of all my cameras. https://peakd.com/hive-194913/@holoz0r/photographic-ruin-and-insecurity-on-starting-from-scratch-and-planning-for-the-future
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Consequential content! I like that wording. I'm going through the post you linked here. Lots of thoughts as I slowly go through it, but I'll leave you a comment there. Thanks for linking me.
Everything has consequences, just some things have more personal ones. That's the sort of stuff that I like to engage myself in. Deep introspection and despair, for the most part.
I agree that everything has consequences; "some things have more personal ones" - I had not thought of it in that context.
This begs me to ask, not about the deep introspection, but rather the despair. Does the despair arise from the deep introspection?
sidetrack question, is your last name Greek in origin?
Close, Cyprian, but they're basically Greek anyway. I live and suffer in Australia. My father and grandparents were all born in Cyprus though.
Despair certainly does arise from introspection in my case. I should probably consult medical professionals and obtain substances that prevent this from happening, but I can't escape from the notion that you are unable to create Art unless you're miserable.
Cyprian, that's pretty cool. There are quite a few Greek where I live, so I wondered when I saw your name.
You live and suffer in Australia? I don't think I've ever heard an Aussie say that, even the ones I know that live here.
Why is that?
From my experience only, yes, this is quite useful (still is) to the creative process, all that energy in that form. Very useful. That said, something happened that I can't identify, nor describe, nor pinpoint when it occured in my creative journey, that changed the entire process for me so that this is no longer a necessary part of my creative process.
Whoops, I just repeated this point in another reply to you.
I think its because I idolise the Pre-Raphaelites and Edgar Allan Poe. They were pretty dark and miserable types; or perhaps they were realists.
This is one of my favourite pieces of "Art"
A sculptor's wife died. He sculpted this as a form of both grief and immortalising her. It's a fantastic object, and has been appropriated much in western media.
I don't think he'd have been able to make this work if he wasn't miserable.
I'm good with repetition. Sometimes I forget and this makes it stick.
Of course, of course, this makes complete sense, since I see this in your photos. It's been a long time since I studied that kind of work, so I had to do a refresher. One of your photos struck such a note in this regard, but I couldn't recall why until this moment (was bugging me in the back of my mind). Thanks.
That sculpture is quite incredible from one image. Completely captures the essence of grief. I quite like that. I'm taken with the tension in the outstretched arm, among other aspects. How was this made? You're quite right, he'd never capture that kind of life without pouring the energy of his suffering into it.