The artist has a mirror
attached on a tree outside his house. Sometimes in his usual gardening does he
stop by it, sees how the jembe rests on his shoulder and the flowering plants
yonder. He calls himself Lonely; that is how his artwork is signed. Today he
would be continuing the work on the canvas. He is in no hurry. Good things take
time.
Baroque is a time
period when there was increased application and amplification of rather ancient
ideas and innovations in reaction to increased human interaction. Startled by
fashion, there is a figure of a man, straight in confidence, one hand in the
pocket, a cap on his head, comfortable in his wear. He looks well adorned.
Continuing work on the canvas, his brush today gives stroke to two men, bowing
to baroque- each on either side. Baroque is represented by the central figure.
No words can well express the emotional attachment to that time and its
significance to the present.
At his work place so
are other better and upcoming artists. A man holds a chisel by the left and a
hammering wood on his right. He is about to reduce a mere heavy log into a
woman sleeping on one side. Let the tools talk. He who is pressed by the need
to give the world a new dimension, a new understanding let him do it. There are
welders, potters, sculptors, drawers, painters and writers. They all agree that
the future is made by hands.
His friend, Nash is
chaotic. Nash mixes paints and like a drunkard staggers them on a board. The
end result is unfathomable. That is Nash, he says. Nash wants to show
resistance, defiance, nonconformity and general detrimentality of people like
him. He knows no single person understands anything better and so why should he
care trying to understand? When the idea comes he splashes it. Take as much as
your imagination will allow.
They share a coil of
marijuana to break monotony.
Different people become
artists differently. Some come to appreciate when it is explained to them.
Others get amazed at its beauty. Mr. Lonely saw his father draw for him as a
young person and when his fingers were strong to hold the brush, here he is.
Everything is art, he adds. Bring him the
normal of a scenario and he will convert it with a sixth sense. Crossing a
road, a sunset, your room’s arrangement, your listening skills, your thoughts
as you read this, how you perceive self and the world, how the world perceives
you, nature and its wonders and the need for artificial intelligence in art. As
Norman Garbo writes, there should be a person to take the canvas from the
artist as soon as awesome job is done. An artist would want to add something
here and another there.
Art creates an urge in
a person to look at things metaphysically. It is a poem in drawing. It is like music.
How do you explain amplitude? That is how he can tell his story. A piece of art
but helps you to develop a higher perception. The painter’s splash is not the
end. It is your responsibility to establish a higher value, feeling,
understanding, appreciation and all that.
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