An artist must always strive towards what he does not know.
On a certain level IDEA gives rise to a form or vessel within which to explore its creative potential. This form can be a sound, a symbol or a universe depending on the strength of the idea. This is the basis of my work as a painter and as a creator of forms.
The creative force behind my art transcends any definition I apply to explain it. Art cannot be explained so as to compress it into obeying the intellect. It can only be draped with meaning for the sake of economy. If a painting is good it will not remain static or secure for long.
Any appearance of solidity or stability is a mental composition made up of an infinite number of bits of information. Without conscious work to try and continually push the parameters of thought and form awareness becomes congealed. Awareness is based upon ideas which in and of themselves possess a force or will to expand and grow. When this force is too quickly inhibited by the intellect or a prevailing belief system it dies leaving only a sense of the structure which the idea possessed, but not its living insight which would have continued to lead to new awareness.
Leigh McCloskey
WE ARE NOT BORN INTO TIME WE ARE BORN INTO CREATION
WE ARE EACH A PHOENIX A UNIQUE BLOSSOM OF CREATION
WHOLE-HOLY-HOLOGRAPHIC
EACH OF US WEAR THE ROBES OF OUR SACRED DNA
AND LIFE IS OUR INHERITANCE FROM THE ANCESTORS
LET US BE WORTHY OF THEM
AND THIS GREAT, DIFFICULT AND NOBLE ADVENTURE IN CONSCIOUSNESS, ART
AND MEANING CALLED BEING HUMAN.
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