tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30618809.post4130631485772728912..comments2023-11-22T01:09:46.040-08:00Comments on myartspace>blog: The Spiritual Side of ArtBrian Skibahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03707398699208090454noreply@blogger.comBlogger18125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30618809.post-12389555872685872112011-03-19T10:05:39.970-07:002011-03-19T10:05:39.970-07:00I had just turned a corner in the Whitney NY into ...I had just turned a corner in the Whitney NY into the room that houses De Kooning’s “Door to the River” and was nailed to the floor. I was so overcome I just stood there with tears running down my cheeks. The only other time I had experienced such a reaction to anything was at the ballet with a particularly excellent performance of “the Dying Swan” is this spiritual or had I touched something Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30618809.post-19777283857099030632009-10-11T07:17:56.776-07:002009-10-11T07:17:56.776-07:00For me, the moment you create from somewhere that ...For me, the moment you create from somewhere that is not your brain, you are connecting with something greater than your human experience and that is spiritual. Kandinsky's work and the colors he uses, touch me deeply. I can stand in front of Improvisation 21A for hours and feel all kinds of emotions.<br /><br />Thanks,<br />SherrySherry Bakhtianhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11825911744614651697noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30618809.post-50797150560842398722009-06-16T09:18:41.277-07:002009-06-16T09:18:41.277-07:00An artist brings all that they are to their work. ...An artist brings all that they are to their work. They are like a stained glass window. The work produced like the light shining through onto the floor, colored by what is in the glass. This happens whether the artist is trying to "make a statement" or simply depict the world around them.<br /><br />As a viewer I bring all that I am to the painting as well. If I am sensitive to Lisanoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30618809.post-1566764133720579882009-06-07T06:30:43.707-07:002009-06-07T06:30:43.707-07:00Gerhard Richter once said that "Now that we d...Gerhard Richter once said that "Now that we do not have priests and philosophers anymore, artists are the most important people in the world." And I think there's a grain of truth in this. I think that in the wake of Christianity a lot of people turned to art to answer some of those same existential questions they used to ask of religion. One doesn't need to spend too long artisthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05856638418741613927noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30618809.post-15762959582178379872009-06-03T05:33:55.358-07:002009-06-03T05:33:55.358-07:00It good for people who are spiritualIt good for people who are spiritualAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30618809.post-5129292487282595232009-05-31T18:24:54.631-07:002009-05-31T18:24:54.631-07:00I think the word "spiritual" in art should be used...I think the word "spiritual" in art should be used as a kind of semantic prerogative rather than literally. Though I have an open mind toward the spiritual, I also feel that co-opting the term for use in critical analysis leads to bias. And as someone else said, it's often just plain hokey. That said, the word spiritual works fine for me as a term to describe the more ineffable aspects of how Joshua Haglerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15938944844010705463noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30618809.post-66558691577849865012009-05-31T18:12:45.328-07:002009-05-31T18:12:45.328-07:00I am currently working on a spiritual project that...I am currently working on a spiritual project that has truly opened up my life and spirit to new levels.I'm thrilled and inspired almost on a daily basis. I can only hope that when I complete this project others will comprehend the intense messages beyond my renderings. I think to all comes down to exactly what the artist is trying to convey.<br /> I hope when my works are viewed you do feelAnonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18188320902416260768noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30618809.post-27695521350426444352009-05-28T15:11:54.581-07:002009-05-28T15:11:54.581-07:00Damn, that was badly written, what happens when in...Damn, that was badly written, what happens when in a hurry to get to work and only one cup of coffee. Sorry.<br /><br />This is also over at Dion-ysus blog<br />artnewsblog.comDonald Frazellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14438703089946598999noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30618809.post-6949057988697578902009-05-28T08:09:45.745-07:002009-05-28T08:09:45.745-07:00Not how we express those feelings in words, each o...Not how we express those feelings in words, each of us has ahd different experiences, a different temperament, taht makes us unique and individual. but teh artists seeks to go beyond this, to trigger basic, spritual feeligns in the viewer that are common to us all. Well, most sociopaths and contemporary artists dont seem to have much reaction to life at all. <br /><br />Art does trigger this sameDonald Frazellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14438703089946598999noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30618809.post-3378652089278818672009-05-28T07:33:09.467-07:002009-05-28T07:33:09.467-07:00True, an artist can create work without spiritual ...True, an artist can create work without spiritual or emotional intentions. However, once the work is out there-- once someone views it-- they can take from it what they wish. The artist has no control over what viewers can feel in that sense.Balhatainhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08812426376810899256noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30618809.post-55681784794102841052009-05-28T07:10:06.876-07:002009-05-28T07:10:06.876-07:00No, all true creative art is spiritual, it is not ...No, all true creative art is spiritual, it is not about the artist and his feelings, but what connects us all together, what gives us purpose, what unifies humanity, not what is about that particular persons desires, fantasies, or emotions. Though art will connect to those, they are but the surface. One must search deep to understand, without words, what is there. One can feel this looking at Donald Frazellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14438703089946598999noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30618809.post-79526237834485824332009-05-27T21:06:05.566-07:002009-05-27T21:06:05.566-07:00I think creating art is a spiritual act, but most ...I think creating art is a spiritual act, but most finished artwork isnt necessarily spiritual, just as poo isnt a person (it just came from one).Art News Bloghttp://www.artnewsblog.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30618809.post-25603943391004884662009-05-27T12:51:12.766-07:002009-05-27T12:51:12.766-07:00Brian,
Great topic and post!
For me art is alway...Brian,<br /><br />Great topic and post!<br /><br />For me art is always involves a spiritual connection, or it's just a decoration at best.<br /><br />The most spiritual work I've ever seen, and the one that in a way saved my life is Vincent van Gogh's The Cypresses, which is at the Metropolitan Museum of Art, NY.<br /><br />As a pre-teen bursting with life but also escaping a very dysfunctionalJudy Rey Wassermanhttp://ungravenimage.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30618809.post-20060581643032897572009-05-27T10:11:59.954-07:002009-05-27T10:11:59.954-07:00Art is always about man and God. His relationship...Art is always about man and God. His relationship to God, accepting, rejecting, or exalting the idea of God. It boils down to that, because an artist' usually makes art with a message...with meaning. And meaning ultimately asks the question, Is this art? What is art? Why are you an artist? Why do you exist? And these questions, the big ones, about existence and being and significance end Knoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30618809.post-2097834444216677262009-05-27T09:04:27.391-07:002009-05-27T09:04:27.391-07:00One only needs to go to Winklemans blog to see a c...One only needs to go to Winklemans blog to see a complete and total denial of the spiritual and emotional, just had a converstaion on this and they dont feel anything at all, as most contemporary art is about indivudal self expression. Which is not spiritual, but adolescent whinings. <br /><br />While i dont feel huge passions in Seurat, the other three Post Impresionists set the way for passion Donald Frazellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14438703089946598999noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30618809.post-4911632600849397222009-05-27T08:06:32.327-07:002009-05-27T08:06:32.327-07:00The drive to create art in the first place seems t...The drive to create art in the first place seems to me to be derived in the spiritual.<br /><br />Sure, there's art that exists more as a reference to the physical contexts and conditioning that we learn through life and sharing viewpoints.<br /><br />For me the excitement in art is found where the act of expression fuses with a level of mastery of the medium. And this is the heart of the work. Lornahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07843053814164505635noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30618809.post-71423965767948922172009-05-26T21:18:19.141-07:002009-05-26T21:18:19.141-07:00I seems that only certain art offers a spiritual p...I seems that only certain art offers a spiritual presence to a viewer. Many artists have no interest in conveying any sort of spiritual notion, in fact "the spiritual" in art has been seen as pretty hokey at times. That said, for me the unconscious mind, the spiritual, archetypes, etc. seem interconnected. <br /><br />I personally think of art in quite emotional and personal (yet universal) Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30618809.post-54976154322076066652009-05-26T18:40:23.868-07:002009-05-26T18:40:23.868-07:00symbols invoke a strong imprint on the mind while ...symbols invoke a strong imprint on the mind while belief takes those shapes to another surface.Mitchell Poornoreply@blogger.com