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[Adolphine]

Hello readers of this forum,

I am new here and I just got a new haircut, I guess you now know almost everything there is to know about me. Can I call myself a sculptor since my creating of sculptures is an additive process (mixed media covered with polymer clay)? Anyway, I am autodidact and live on an Island far away from home with nobody to talk to, so I'm looking forward to gain more insight into my own psyche by conversing with you good people on the internet.

Have a creative/productive day.

[scrapartoz]

welcome

[evaldart]

We all live alone...your distance from other folks has nothing to do with it. Be it 6 inches of studs and plaster or vast bodies of water; we all live alone. So, we are here for you (and your psyche) as long as you're fighting the good fight against the material world by hacking-at and mangling its substance in the interest of servicing the creative impulse.

welcome

[Adolphine]

I didn't say alone, though I do read a possible confusion. "Far from home" is a rather ambiguous choice of words. It could also mean that I am still young and have a long road ahead. Perhaps I added to the confusion when I wrote that I have nobody to talk to. This is very true in the sense "that I have nobody to talk to" about my work or art specifically. My wife perhaps wouldn't agree with that statement.
An online forum is a wonderful tool, though the lack of intonation can prove to be turning the message into all kinds of directions.

I do feel most lonely in crowded areas but that's a whole other topic.

Thanks,... and to Evaldart => nice way of putting into words something 4 dimensional regarding 3D

[Ries]

I have been to Bali several times- and I found a lot of artists to talk to there. Balinese artists.
And a lot of international jet setters who were making a living off the local artists- but thats another story.

Great traditions of sculpture on Bali- stone, wood, metal, mixed media, textile,paper, flowers, and more. Bronze foundries for making gamelans, amazing granulated silversmiths, woodcarvers, stonecarvers, and even chicken dyers...

Some of my favorite Balinese sculptures are the little crowns and tiaras they make for little girls to wear during ceremonies, with mirrors and wire shapes and little sheet metal leaves, all painted gold.

I think if I lived there, though, my medium would either be heaps of small red peppers, or the stickers they put on tuk tuks.

[Adolphine]

I commend you for having traveled to Bali several times Ries,... though the ability to talk to local "artists" here can leave me just as empty as talking to a rice farmer. There is (imho) not much "good" art being made but yes, there is indeed an army of artisans to be found, proficient in the materials you have described.

There are no tuk tuks or rikshaws on Bali, they are plentiful on Java though.

[jOe~]

I am new here and I just got a new haircut, I guess you now know almost everything there is to know about me....live on an Island far away from home with nobody to talk to, so I'm looking forward to gain more insight into my own psyche by conversing with you good people on the internet.

I do feel most lonely in crowded areas but that's a whole other topic.

the ability to talk to local "artists" here can leave me just as empty as talking to a rice farmer.

The question, part one: Can you learn about your psyche from people you don't know, people that don't know you(from foreign cultures or your own)-- or, from people you can't even see, and of course who are clueless about your new haircut?

Part two: do you "know almost everything there is to know" about you?

[evaldart]

Of course you can "learn" about your psyche from people you've dont knoe and never have met. More from them perhaps than the familiar folks who presumably "know" you. Because in all. any "learning" is occurring ONLY by self evaluation, not the mistaken observation of another perceiver. Only the undiscerning would seek the usual predictabilities of evaluation offered up by those that they know and like. Nothing to be gained there.

I like to imagine that we are speaking to an energized youth with a very fresh Beatles haircut...yes, that how you will be A, until you post a pic in the "What do y'all look like?" thread.

[jOe~]

The "you" in the question was meant to address Adolphine. My bad.

"learning" is occurring ONLY by self evaluation

Got a problem with the term "evaluation". Too judgmental, and messy. "You" don't want to use the same thinking and standards the got you where you are...hence the need to get out of town. "Observation" works better. The truth will reveal itself without "opinions".

[JAZ]

Hi Adolphine,
My daughter has just returned from two months in Bali. She commented that there is stimulating design everywhere in wood, metal and other materials in a way that is more pervasive than in the many other coutries that she has visited. It sounds like a rich resource for meditating on form.
I like your statement:"I am you, in a different universe, doing the same things."
Your avatar intrigues me. can you tell us about it?
JAZ

[Ries]

Denpasar used to have swarms of tuk tuks.
But its been a while since I was there.
Bemos, though- tell me you still have bemos?

[Adolphine]

Originally Posted by jOe~

The question, part one: Can you learn about your psyche from people you don't know, people that don't know you(from foreign cultures or your own)-- or, from people you can't even see, and of course who are clueless about your new haircut?

Hello Joe, thanks for the warm welcome. I'd like to add my own reply respectfully, adding to Evaldart's.

Originally Posted by jOe~

The "you" in the question was meant to address Adolphine. My bad.

=> Yes, I firmly believe that I can learn many things in ones psyche by engaging in conversations, with strangers nonetheless. I can ponder upon the interpretations (and even misinterpretations) of others and see how they resonate and reflect within. I could point out that you are in a "silent" monologue whenever you read a book from someone who has no clue about your haircut (unless the author is your hairdresser, maintaining that fresh Lennon look), let alone your existence.

Originally Posted by jOe~

Part two: do you "know almost everything there is to know" about you?

As the old saying goes (loosely paraphrased): "The more I know, the hungrier I get".

Originally Posted by JAZ

Hi Adolphine,
My daughter has just returned from two months in Bali. She commented that there is stimulating design everywhere in wood, metal and other materials in a way that is more pervasive than in the many other coutries that she has visited. It sounds like a rich resource for meditating on form.

Nice way of avoiding the term art, and I couldn't agree more

Originally Posted by JAZ

Your avatar intrigues me. can you tell us about it?JAZ

Thank you for the interest, It's a detail from a work called Religioussily,...

Religion which goes hand in hand with symbols and symbolism was the inspiration for “Religioussily”. In this work we can see a person meditating with his back towards the viewer and being in such a deep state of meditation that he opens his third eye which becomes his whole head which consequently makes him float above the “ground” making a triangle with lines that I have extended, making his eye on top of the imaginary pyramid the all seeing eye of God, or Horus as you please. The person with his back towards us can also be seen as a nose making the ground he was floating on transform into a tongue. As the sculpt now seemingly sticks it’s tongue out it makes the whole theme of religion much lighter regardless of numerous symbols and symbolism throughout the piece.
I myself was born by chance into the religion of Catholicism, therefore I’ve implemented a cross into the base from which a sacred lotus has grown. For the ears I inspired myself with the well known symbol “Star and Crescent” that reminds us from Islam, you can also see a Swastika (Hinduism) and the yin & yang symbol in combination with the Jain Ahimsa symbol for arms.

Originally Posted by Ries

Bemos, though- tell me you still have bemos?

Bemos galore