oh dear.....Sometimes you can say too much about a painting... here we have a painting of a woman daydreaming... thats it..and its beautiful,, look and absorb....nothing to be said :)
Thanks for your comment. Yes, paintings by their nature show us what they are and Wyeth gave us something beautiful that needs no words. But I love talking about art, and this painting in particular creates questions as much as it makes a statement.
well, this was a most satisfying initial foray into your offerings here, sandi. a bit like the taste of popcorn and m&m's as a special treat, when i was a child at the movies. thank you and thank stuart.
Thank you for your thoughts, @NoahStephens. I do wonder whether those who have such firm belief in what they think is truth, are rather reliant on the comfort of certainty. Can we live as people with different views, with each of us keyed in to a separative sense of the certain, and survive?
I think some people reject objective truth because it means no one can criticize their comforting, objectively untrue beliefs. It’s all an elaborate rhetorical shield for fantasy-prone beliefs
Just discovered your channel and have now listened to several of your conversations with Bill. I have enjoyed listening to the two of you and I look forward to listening to more in 2024!
I'm really intrigued by the concept that you explore at the start of this about having discussion where you actually try not to impart any knowledge as such into the conversation and just let it take it's course, without actually trying to figure anything out as such. Fascinating to consider this approach and not something i'd ever thought about or heard about before until you raised it. I'm going to give this mode of conversation a try now, so thanks for highlighting it and drawing my attention to how it might work. Really enjoyed the conversation by the way, very interesting to consider what innocence is and certainly got me thinking! 😀
It’s an approach that is interesting because it relies on being completely in the moment, if any of us ever can be. And, notice how hard we find it to stay in that mode! Thank you for commenting and good luck with trying this out. I’d love to hear how you get on.
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Thank you for writing, Noah. It’s a really difficult thing to grapple with objectively. I hear religious family and friends talking about a kind of struggle to either come to god, or to move away from their belief in god, and it seems very emotional and personal. I find that the objective view of god is something that is separate, academic, from the belief in god. Where that leaves us or brings us to truth, is opaque to me.
@@SandiRobertsonI find it truly fascinating that such a beautifully thoughtful, sensitive artist questions or even rejects "God". Artists often opine how the act of creating a work often comes from the ether, from a higher self or external guide. Through creating a piece of art, one should feel humility in the outcome. Proud of the results of their craft but taking only a partial credit. This is when we allow ourselves to open up to a higher potential and new growth can be achieved. How can one attribute all that is so mystical about the creative process to only a self derived, self generated effort. You exhibit a true, great deal of thoughtfulness but we must at times get out of our own mind's way in order to feel a part of the great universe that was created for us, not by us. I sense you actually have great untapped parapsychological abilities. As artists we see the world differently. Leave the pragmatism to the "scientists" and allow yourself to "get out of your own way" creatively speaking. You have so much potential to discover the creative freedom that opens up when we commune with God. Be well in your journey.
@@hokeypokeypo thank you so much for taking the time to write. Your words resonate, yet I am aware of my own obstacles to finding the thing I might choose to name God. I wonder if any amount of seeking ever leads to truth, and often I conflate truth and God. Less seek and ye shall find, and more a sense that this greater thing might already be within and known but denied. I hope the videos show that, though there is a kind of searching across diverse topics, there is also a sense of integrity. I appreciate your insight.
I loved your show at the Arnolfini in Bristol Gary Fabien Miller, the colours on the screen were inspiring and I went with my mentally ill friend and she started crying. When I read your description of your work, it helped to understand it. I have your poster and postcard on my wall and am buying a poster for my mum's birhday, and as a PT worker and single mum, if I spend money, it is cos I love something. The yellow square poster cheers me up everyday in my kitchen and helps my mental health. I have an aversion to the colour yellow cos of trauma and you have really helped. THANK YOU Gary Fabien Miller x
The first two aren't nothing they are something, even in white there are tones of grey. I find them both very calming. I agree with Bill about the last piece of art. It looks like a piece of rubbish.
@@SandiRobertson I believe myself to be an artist I write poetry, lyrics and I paint in the modern contemporary style. I'm interested in philosophy. I'm halfway through this this video and I am enjoying.
What if events that we remember are like railway junctions. We react to the event at that time with what we perceive to be the facts and take a path accordingly. The path we took is a direction in our lives. We can look back at the event and consider it again with hindsight. With wisdom and others perspectives we may change our perception of the facts. Maybe we would have taken a different route. Maybe not. The event happened. What we did with what we knew then, also happened.
Does anyone happen to know any facts about Jim. My daughters homework is to find 5 facts about him. We've searched everywhere can't find anything about dob, place of birth etc.
Hi Kelly, I didn’t ask Jim his age, but I know he has grown up with brothers - but he’s the only ‘creative one’ in his sibling group (though others in his family are really creative, he mentioned). He grew up in Portland, near to where he lives now. He has two children I think. He loves cars and in some ways his current work stems from going round Portland photographing different cars he saw. Hope this is remotely helpful.
Thank you, Lanelle, for your comments. You can see some of my photographs on Instagram, and I am busy writing a lot. It’s not visual art, but there is a performative element to it these days with spoken word of key importance. I love how art morphs and changes through life! Thanks again for your comments.
I clould listen to you for hours, your voice is so gentle and soft, understandig and empathy that you have for one little shepard boy who become a one of the best sculptors of all time is so touching. We need more people like you. Keep doing this and your channel will become huge. Subscribed
