October 2010 Blog Posts (33)

("Stromschnelle" by Gerhard Rießbeck)

In « Rapids, » the third part of « The Dam, » the protagonist/narrator is being carried from a mostly uneventful and rather disappointing river…

("Magnetic field of two bar magnets with unlike poles" by Alexander Wilmer Duff)

« Come Back » dates back to the epoch of The Fall Children, the band that was supposed to be but never really was, and whose unexpected but timely demise cleared the…

(Detail from "Quarryman at work" by Unidentified Artist)

« Stonecutter » is intended as an anthem to perseverance and is based on one of my favourite citations, one which has helped me on several occasions, the following quote…

("Fugue" by Wassily Kandinsky)

The central theme of « In Our Space » is the idea of building, of perhaps finding or reaching, a space where one is free to simply be themselves and do as they feel they…

("Emblem 45" from Atalanta Fugiens by Michael Maier)

The Lepufology Project is the story of Jack Babbitt, regarded as…

("The Sea of Ice" aka "Polar Sea," aka "The Wreck of Hope" by Caspar David Friedrich)

« Derelict » is the fourth chapter of « Lifeforce » and is a completely instrumental section intended to…

("La source de Maafa dans les Aurès en Algérie" by Unknown Photographer)

« The Dam » is a 22-minute long suite in 8 movements that uses the metaphor of water flowing from source to ocean to illustrate the process that we affectionately refer to as life.

As…

(Detail from "The hares and frogs" by Wenzel Hollar)

The Lepufology Project is the story of Jack Babbitt, regarded as one of the world’s most trustworthy investigators of the…

("Maitreya the Conqueror" by Nicholas Roerich)

I read the The Tibetan Book of the Dead twice. I started with a French…

("Two portraits of Ryogen" - Author Unknown - copyright holder is Kiemon Tsuruya)

« Creeper » is an allegory wherein destructive mental processes are compared to creeping plants. The piece depicts four stages of a confrontation between creeper and host : introduction, growth,…

SCIENCE AND ART – THE RIGHT APPROACH TO CREATING AND

UNDERSTANDING ART WORKS BASED ON SCIENCE

Some time back my mind debated whether I should give importance to visual appeal too in my art work while creating it. These thoughts never crossed my mind when I started my work in the art field. But

they caused ripples in my head when some of my friends – although the number…