Okay here’s some further thoughts after talking with seth about my last post. Consider it my opinionated proposal…
How much can we really portray?
Or said better, can an image really support the weight of the truth we’re trying to portray?
Well I submit: No. theres no way our images can capture the weight and depth of this passage. (So thank God for words!)
So let’s not even try. I don’t mean to give up on making art about this. But please hear this: do not feel pressured to capture it all. So much of this is so HUGE. We just can’t do it justice.
There is so much freedom in this! We don’t have to get it perfect. Which is good cause we can’t.
So maybe comparisons are a good angle to take. Imperfect, yes, of course. But we go into it know/admitting that our cute little comparisons pale to represent the real deal.
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Thanks Connie, I whole heartedly agree. My paintings have taken on an almost story book illustrative quality. When I think of it as a "cute comparison" I am much happpier with it.
i agree too, connie (julia here). it's freeing to think of it in terms of a humble offering - a personal visualization rather than a visual of the entire meaning of the text. it's too immense for that - and i think there's something really wonderful about that. it's too immense for us to really understand.
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