responses from c

Some of my responses

• wow rob, you’re really exploring the generative potential of those concepts.(grin) thanks for throwing your ideas onto our little space here.
• I’m challenged again, [just like last weekend after visiting you guys, esp. Alison’s studio and the DIAlogue artist] to think outside the canvas. Or off the canvas. I lean more towards drawing and painting, as in making marks on paper or 2-D surface. But I’m increasingly willing to enjoy these more post-canvas kinds of art making. Especially when the conceptual connection is strong and the visual is strong.
• So yep, I’m one of those traditional-ish art people, except I lean more towards a direct responsive ways [think plein-air or expressionist] than classical approach. But I've grown up a little since art school. So hey, enlighten me.
• re: Alison’s black box: Sarah Jeff & I read through your post Thursday night and we talked about how intense the experience would be. I like the giggle idea. Timing and pacing of course would be huge.
• Ya, I like the new life idea in contrast to death. What if we read through the whole NT color coding references to life and death. green or black. i think theres so much more here to explore. we were DEAD. then because of Jesus we were given LIFE. how extreme and different could the two be?
• Dead-men walking. Infants. Grim reaper/angel of death. kids dancing.
• what links does this have to vanitas genre, the brevity of life. mortality.
• how does heaven connect?
  
• And resurrection! Bring on lazarus!!
• The plant thing has potential, but can you make it more complex? Like what should it be growing out of? What kind of shell or discarded carcass might it contrast to? Maybe consumerism rubbish? Though I love skulls they’re too obvious. Maybe they grow out of dark or rusty shapes. Used up, retired trash heap.
• Alison, tell us what you saw in NYC & what inspired you!
  
• I saw a big Basquiat show today before I left Houston. I was struck with how bold he was to throw down on canvas. He just piled up little drgs or sometimes photocopies of his drgs and added and subtracted right there on top. i wanna make fearless drawings as if I had a huge pile of pages to fill up.
  
• Toe tags grab my attention.