I really enjoyed this list of sentences by Sol LeWitt, they where very true, short and easy to apprehend. I have come across very similar thoughts as her' s. All together there where thirty-five sentences, but a few stood out more then the others.
The first one that stood out was number 17. “All ideas are art if they are concerned with art and fall within the conventions of art.” I have a very similar idea. I believe that any idea can be art if one perceives it to be, but its up to the individual to accept it or not. Art has no actual boundaries, no actual rules it has to go by. Art is a human made idea and it cannot exist without consciousness. The only set of rules art has is by the ones the individual gives it, but it is only true for the individual.
20. “Successful art changes our understanding of the conventions by altering our perception.” This is usually my goal every time I set out to do a serious work of art. I feel I have nothing else to give to the world but my ideas and my point of view, and I feel as though it is very different. However, it can be a burden trying to focus on if a work of art does that or not.
25. “The artist may not necessarily understand his own art. His perception is neither better nor worse then that of other.” There are some works I have no idea why I did them. I just liked doing it, maybe because it was a nice pattern or shape or color. Honestly I feel as though a lot of work one makes is very influenced by the subconscious, and may not even realize what has been created till one points it out.
There where many more that stood out, but considering its 6:30 in the morning and ive been up all night; I think I’ll stop at three.
- Fermin A. Jimenez (don't get it twisted)
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