the artist and the prism

should all artistic endeavors start with inspiration or can it be subconscious drive. the premise behind the artist and the prism is that we are receptors and communicators but that we need a prism around us to disassemble the signals and stimuli that we receive. this prism, like a regular prism, takes a feed on one end and utilizes it to construct several variations that transport themselves across, through and out the other side of the prism. the artist receives these variations and within himself constructs an artifact. at times the artist may only be able to channel one of the variations and the resultant artifact is a minimalistic representation. others can carry many variations and channel them through to a complex piece.

if we were to remove the prism we, communicators and receptors, would be unable to interpret and synthesize the signals and we would merely reproduce what we hear, see, and smell. what i see around me is an abundance of reproduction. our society is built on reproduction and the purchase and repurchase by the citizenry of these reproductions. often as we reproduce these items(much different from artifacts) we lessen the original idea and create a less expensive reproduction that will reach even more consumers.

with so much stimuli for art; war, poverty, contra-wealth, propaganda, music - it seems society is at a juncture where it must step back from the stimuli and prism out some of the channels so that it can be accurately consumed and then recreated in art, what ever form it is.

through time the prism has been constructed through various chemicals and natural (indigenous) plant. it can not be claimed that the popularity of this construction has diminished but it has been removed from the foreground, relegated to the darker areas of the periphery. we need to establish a new construction method for the prism, a foundational base that allows children, adolescents through to middle age and seniors the opportunity to experience art. by touching all bases of the society we can produce a consciousness about our lives that can outlive taste and preference. i see children painting along side senior citizens in the city parks - painting supplies provided free of charge in an effort to recollect our consciousness and provide a venue for all of us to regain that amazing human ability to feel art.