Among Others 1

Among Others 1

Because earlier versions of this template are called the DuBois sub-series, I was going to title this image DuBois 12. I added text to this image and the latin "et al.", which means "and others." The texts are my own quotes I made on my account with Twitter. This is something I want to continue doing in my creations of art. I would use other peoples' quotes, but I'm not interested in plagiarizing. I know I can cite an author in APA format, but I want to use as much of my own creative process as I can in the creation of artwork. The top quote is a remark in the negative, and the quote on the right is more of a positive statement of what an individual can do with hers and his fellow brothers and sisters of the world in an effort to change things for the better. As visual compositions have balances, so do remarks, statements, and philosophies. DuBois, by the way, was a civil rights activist who fought against the Jim Crow laws of his time, and fought against racism and imperialism in general in America during the 1900s. 

eVan––January 13th, 2012

Remove The Bolts 1

Remove The Bolts 1

Here is a new version for my Wrecked Tangles (Encircled) W series. It's called Remove The Bolts because I removed a page from an old repair manual for a Ford Mustang (1979 - 1993), and integrated it into a digital collage with pieces from Wrecked Tangle W1. Are there deeper messages in this one? The only thing I can think of right now that might indicate a deeper message is the fact that some text from the other side of the page from the repair manual bled through so you can make some of it out. I'm all for the subconscious communication phenomena when making art. Sometimes I can see messages or words associated with synchronistic events in my dreams or throughout my day.

Relationships with things or people is the reality pretty much all of us experience. Giving visual form and color to our myriad of relationships would tend to "bleed through" into the creation of art, I sincerely believe. I feel more of a sense of accomplishment and command after I work something out on the picture plane. It is a similar feeling to putting words to one's dreams, feelings, and experiences with relationships. A sense of clear-headedness is felt, and a feeling of being in command of oneself. Thank you, again, for your viewership and unconscious support!

eVan--December 25th, 2011

The Cubicle Block of Writers

I started creating this image from a small selection from Wrecked Tangle W1. The selection I chose was obviously where the letter R is placed. I rotated this selection on a new picture plane, and put them all together in the order that you see here. I decided that putting a selection of the W from Wrecked Tangle W1 would give this picture a homeostatic, yet asymmetrical, balance. This version you see here is the seventh variation on this current theme. While thinking of the title, I saw three things. I saw the W, the R, and all the blocks. I made a connection with the association of "writer's block." I thought of all the cubicles in corporate office buildings, and how these kinds of situations contribute to writer's block as well. A cartesian plane of cubicles can be likened unto a street block simultaneously. Therefore, I titled this sub-series: The Cubicle Block of Writers.

eVan--December 15th, 2011

A Conjunction of Metro-Planes

Here is an example of some of my inspirations concerning three dimensional manipulations of planes and landscapes. It stems from different artists in history who have worked in similar concepts. I'm primarily interested in impossible futuristic conceptions of city-scapes, biologies, computers and expressing how technologies could operate in this vein of inspiration. There are many more variations on this theme, of course, which I have recorded in my sketchbook for furthering this line of thought.

Some galleries have branded my art as too cerebral for the mass public to digest. If this is the case, then so be it. While I do enjoy feedback from others and listening to other peoples' thoughts and ideas, I don't want to make mindless art without some kind of purpose. Even the pop artists of the 20th century had a purpose behind making art work that had no depth in the extreme.

eVan-- December 10th, 2011

The Neuro-Bioptic Corner 1

For the time being, here is a variation on the Wrecked Tangle W series. The acronym Bx is incorporated, and repeated in this image. Bx stands for biopsy in medical terminology. I've been exploring the concept of nerves and how nerves are located throughout the human body. There are retinal nerves in the eye which help modulate light that we see directly and reflected throughout our surroundings. Most of us have two functioning eyes, so I called this optical phenomena The Neuro-Bioptic Corner. There is an enlarged repetition of a square in the lower left hand corner of this picture, hence the usage of the word "corner" in the title. Thanks for your nervous attention-ship!

Wrecked Tangle W1

After postponing this project for a while, I finally decided to embark on the last stages of it's voyage once again. This is the very first, and original, image for the "W" series to my Wrecked Tangles (Encircled) art project. I will be making variations and more versions based on this here design. I will be posting most of the rest of them on my Flickr account, as well as my Artbreak account. Thanks for your patience, and I'll keep you all posted.

--eVan, December 5th, 2011

Documented Plans of the Masters of Mankind

Here is a sweet note by George Kennan who headed the State Department planning staff until 1950. It is a document he wrote in 1948. I selected this text from a book by Noam Chomsky called How The World Works, and the text starts on page 11...

"We have about 50% of the world's wealth but only 6.3% of its population...In this situation, we cannot fail to be the object of envy and resentment. Our real task in the coming period is to devise a pattern of relationships which will permit us to maintain this disparity...To do so, we will have to dispense with all sentimentality and daydreaming; and our attention will have to be concentrated everywhere on our immediate national objectives...We should cease talk about vague and...unreal objectives such as human rights, the raising of the living standards, and democratization. The day is not far off when we are going to have to deal in straight power concepts. The less we are then hampered by idealistic slogans, the better."


So "the day is not far off when we are going to have to deal in straight power concepts"? It looks like the flexing of those muscles are happening on a real, unreported, yet massive scale in the countries we commit war crimes in, according to the Geneva Conventions, every day. What Kennan is talking about, I think, is what is now manifesting as the Occupy Wall Street protests, and, to a certain extent, many of the Tea Party's grievances.

Thanks for your readership here,

eVan