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Montage with my own photos.Related content
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Izaaaaa In reply to RichardLeach [2010-05-03 15:17:28 +0000 UTC]
thank you so much. these window views are just so satisfying to make, somehow. close to journal making, now that i think of it. maybe it's because i really like combining things. and maybe because they flirt with abstract without being completely abstract, and they flirt with painting without being paintings, and they deal with atmosphere. i guess that's what i do best. or like doing best. which is pretty much the same thing, i think. when you put your heart in something... it seems that's really how it works.
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RichardLeach In reply to Izaaaaa [2010-05-03 16:53:58 +0000 UTC]
oh, that's good - and true - what you do best is what you put your heart into. of course, a heart that is as skilled with composition and color as yours gets better results when it is put into something than one that is less so!
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Izaaaaa In reply to RichardLeach [2010-05-03 17:06:16 +0000 UTC]
aww, thanks, but i think one can learn color and composition, because you see, i used to be convinced i totally and forever sucked at it.
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RichardLeach In reply to Izaaaaa [2010-05-03 17:21:31 +0000 UTC]
no kidding?
not teasing you when i say that!
well, i should talk - i did visual art privately for decades and am still surprised at the compliments i get when i share it.
i think you're right - the tools are there to be learned by someone with something to say.
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Izaaaaa In reply to RichardLeach [2010-05-03 17:28:22 +0000 UTC]
i'm not kidding. i'm still surprised when i get positive feedback too. i know I'm quite average - i'm not gifted. at all. but when i work hard, i do get better. just a little better - but i learn to be satisfied with that, and to continue. that's the best gift i ever did to myself, actually
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RichardLeach In reply to Izaaaaa [2010-05-03 17:34:45 +0000 UTC]
yeah, that makes so much sense. you have to get that internal censor to pipe down a bit, or ignore it long enough to get the work done and get it out there.
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Izaaaaa In reply to RichardLeach [2010-05-03 17:52:33 +0000 UTC]
i guess it's easier for some people to just let it flow... but my censor is quite tyrannic, so for me it's a constant struggle. so when i make something i'm satisfied with, it's like - a moment of peace. doesn't last long. because i think of what could come next
or i ask myself useless questions, like "why do i do it? is it useful? or is it just another way to escape "reality"? what is reality anyway?" blablabla.
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RichardLeach In reply to Izaaaaa [2010-05-03 19:07:48 +0000 UTC]
i hear you, i have much the same experience. do you know Laura, ? she and i had a hilarious - well, i thought it was hilarious - conversation about this in the comments of this piece: [link]
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TheCollagist [2010-05-03 10:07:07 +0000 UTC]
ah, du rose
tu le disais bien
en plus une composition a faire rever.
bravo
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Izaaaaa In reply to TheCollagist [2010-05-03 15:24:35 +0000 UTC]
oui
je réfléchis aux couleurs, ces jours-ci, comme je te disais. dans quelles circonstances je les utilise, à quelles émotions/pensées elles sont associées... et dans quelle mesure ça se généralise (communique). le rose, j'ai découvert que c'est la saveur de l'enfance. quelque chose de doux, doucereux, qui donne mal au coeur à forte dose (le rose bonbon). c'est aussi spécifique aux petites filles; comme c'est important quand on est petit de bien faire la différence entre les sexes!
contente que tu aimes la composition
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TheCollagist In reply to Izaaaaa [2010-05-03 16:38:19 +0000 UTC]
je te suis bien dans ton raisonnement.
moi plus souvent c'est intuitif.
le resultat se suffit a lui-meme, quelque soit le cheminement.
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Izaaaaa In reply to TheCollagist [2010-05-03 16:46:15 +0000 UTC]
oh, moi aussi, c'est à moitié réfléchi, à moitié intuitif; le plus souvent j'essaie de comprendre à rebours..
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