(apologies to those who abhor a page full of text… I know video is so much more exciting… easier to digest… I feel the same way… especially on a computer screen… except maybe this big palooka’s site)
Back on the Horse… Metaphorically speaking that is… I’ve been vacillating (I use that word because it was the one that kept telling me I should use it)… in terms of my relationship with art and what it can mean. I studied drawing and painting – and there is always a pull toward a classic approach to drawing and painting… on paper… on board… on canvas …but music is always the stronger pull.
In the last while (as I imagine you’ve noticed) I have been interested in video as a form of expression… pairing it with my love of music.
A few years ago I played around with recording and self-producing my own music. I think the thing that is hard to communicate to people is that most of the time art (I speak for myself I suppose) is not about the finished product but about the process and the idea. I think some of my favorite artist/musicians are about that… especially since I think of myself more drawn and driven by the music of the mid 80s than by the classic rock that a lot of my peers prefer.
I’m babbling… but that’s sort of the mood for me right now. Perhaps it’s the weather… perhaps the fallout after finishing and presenting a largish piece (My guitar design for the Orillia “Guitars On Parade” event)… and the lead-up to my performance in Orillia on Canada Day – Couchiching Beach Park- at 6pm at the central pavilion.
I’m getting back into Wednesday Lift form… where it will go… nobody knows… hope you stay on for the ride…
