Me and my dad... the process

© 2011. Luchito: El proceso

Blossom of snow
May you bloom and grow
Bloom and grow forever
Edelweiss, edelweiss
Bless my homeland forever

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A seed planted by Gina

Carlos, Gina and I were discussing the creative process, in particular the importance of "nurturing" our life quietly, before going through periods of active production. We were doing this while drinking some tea and hot chocolate -I love talking about art inside the real world with friends that I love, and feel that kind of support when addressing philosophical questions. After all, as Gina said, art is all about humanity! ...As a sweet dessert, she surprised us with her poem:

"And in the recess of your mind
a seed explodes
Led by the after image
it grows and blooms to a new reality"
- © Gina De Pieri Salvi, 1992

Click here to take a look at Gina's Art Reviews at Glam Adelaide :)

And here I share with you that bit of the book that Carlos had been reading and we were discussing: Art of Thought, by Graham Wallas,1926. In the Wallas stage model, creative insights and illuminations may be explained by a process consisting of 5 stages:
"(i) preparation (preparatory work on a problem that focuses the individual's mind on the problem and explores the problem's dimensions),
(ii) incubation (where the problem is internalized into the unconscious mind and nothing appears externally to be happening),
(iii) intimation (the creative person gets a "feeling" that a solution is on its way),
(iv) illumination or insight (where the creative idea bursts forth from its preconscious processing into conscious awareness); and
(v) verification (where the idea is consciously verified, elaborated, and then applied)."

I hope you find this useful, I did :)
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Monstruico

©2011. Pelos y cola

I just love this little monster! It is a friendly monster isn't it? I wonder what represents myself within the drawing... the fish, the lines, the castle or the paper?

Me encanta este monstruico! Es todo amigable ¿no? Me pregunto yo quién soy dentro del dibujo... ¿el pez, las líneas, el castillo o el papel?

:)

The river En la noche

©2011. Pelícano

We walked at night to the city. On top of the bridge we saw two faces of the river: the shiny, inhabited, noisy part on our right, and the isolated, dark, silent and steady part on our left. We decided to contemplate our left side for a long time. We weren't alone.

©2011. Ratita de río.

Caminamos en la noche a la ciudad. Cruzando el puente pudimos verle dos caras al río: la cara brillante, habitada y ruidosa a nuestra derecha, y la cara solitaria, oscura y quieta a nuestra izquierda. Decidimos contemplarle la izquierda por largo tiempo. No estábamos solos.

:)

Turtles and Cronopios all the way down :)

"A Brief History of Time begins with a striking image and a wonderful true story: An elderly lady attended a public lecture given by an astrophysicist on how the Earth goes around the Sun and how the Sun circles about with countless other stars in our galaxy the Milky Way. During the question and answer session, the woman stood up and told the distinguished scientist that his lecture was nonsense, that the Earth is a flat disk supported on the back of an enormous tortoise. The scientist tried to outwit the lady by asking, "Well, my dear, what supports the tortoise?" To which she replied, "You're a very clever young man, but not clever enough. It's turtles all the way down!" " - A Brief History of Time: From the Big Bang to Black Holes, by Stephen W. Hawking, 1988

©2011. Sobre tortugas

"Tortugas y cronopios: Ahora pasa que las tortugas son grandes admiradoras de la velocidad, como es natural. Las esperanzas lo saben, y no se preocupan. Los famas lo saben, y se burlan. Los cronopios lo saben, y cada vez que encuentran una tortuga, sacan la caja de tizas de colores y sobre la redonda pizarra de la tortuga dibujan una golondrina." - Historias de cronopios y de famas, Julio Cortázar, 1962.

:) Ricas casualidades!

Carl Vine & Shostakovich

©2011. Pianista

I've got such an interesting job at the Adelaide Town Hall as a theatre attendant! Whenever I've got a chance, I draw! It was a rainy night and while doing my shift outside the auditorium I did these.

©2011. Coneja borracha

Tengo un trabajo delicioso en el Adelaide Town Hall. Trabajo como asistente de teatro y en cualquier oportunidad que encuentre me dedico a dibujar en mi librito de bolsillo! Esa noche estaba lloviendo pero podía escuchar el concierto a través de la puerta del auditorio... y estas imagenes son el resultado :)

Manchas... Stains...

©2011. Manchas

Some times I spend long minutes looking at the stains of colour left casually on a watercolour paper! I just find them fascinating and inspiring! :)

Algunas veces encuentro fascinante e inspirador poder dedicarme a mirar de cerca las manchas de color derramadas casualmente sobre un papel acuarela! :)

Happy father's day!

©2011. Día del Padre

Felíz día para todos los papás que conocemos!
En especial para Luchito, Edilberto, Salatiel y Luis Felipe!
Un abrazo gigante con muchísimo amor!
Ana & Carlitos
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