G. Steve Journal

Unaware

One theme that appears to be universally agreed upon by creatives of every era is that, more often than not, the artist begins work without knowing exactly where the process will lead, making the entire endeavor simultaneously exciting and unnerving.

This describes the mindset that informed many of my photographic explorations of the 'Gunks –  the hope that beyond every horizon I would discover something unexpected. As Martin Buber keenly observed:

All journeys have secret destinations of which the traveller is unaware.

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Creativity

 

“Creativity is a wild mind and a disciplined eye…”

                                            ― Dorothy Parker

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Matter of Enjoyment

As a follow-up to the previous post about Georgia O’Keefe’s work being dismissed for being “pretty”, here is author Willa Cather, whose sentiments regarding art were remarkably similar … namely that the feeling evoked by a creative endeavor – painting, poetry…etc – is more relevant than any intellectual explanation of why it satisfies the definition of “art.”

Art is a matter of enjoyment through the five senses. Unless you can see the beauty all around you everywhere, and enjoy it, you can never comprehend art.

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