Theodore Sturgeon, science fiction writer, said once that “90% of everything is crap.” I believe this to be true. That means that even if one is out of ideas, there is a good chance the next one you get will not be worthwhile.
The sketch below results from Paul Klee’s idea, put simply, that an artist can be likened to a tree. Recalling another Klee notion that the role of an artist is not to reproduce what is visible but “to make visible” what can’t be seen. In that regard, the roots of a tree represent the hidden […]
I started reading about my favorite artist (Paul Klee) again recently. Paul Klee’s elemental theory of creativity is that “[I]t is imperative that the artwork embody not merely the form that appearances assume, but the forming by which it is installed.” according to John Sallis in his essay, “Klee’s Philosophical Vision”(1). Although the meaning of […]
