From: Platt Holden (pholden@sc.rr.com)
Date: Thu Aug 26 2004 - 16:21:15 BST
Good Morning Chuck,
> Platt wrote:
> "Most of my paintings fail. Despite all my failures, I keep painting
> because I want to be there when the image before me suddenly transforms
> itself into a living thing."
> Chuck responds:
> Is it possible for a painting to "fail"? How do you know? I assume
> because it "never transforms itself into a living thing." That's an
> interesting way to describe the process, as if the painting, or something
> else is responsible for the "transformation."
My paintings "fail" when I compare them to better paintings I and others
have done. "It is betterness, quality, that justifies all our beliefs."
(LC, Note 120)
> Despite the fact that the "transformation" rarely happens, at least not to
> your satisfaction, Platt, you continue to paint. So do your paintings
> actually fail? Can they fail? They evolve and exist, but "fail"--I don't
> know.
If they don't meet my standard of "livingness," they fail. I test them by
putting them next to something nature (DQ) created that is not the subject
of the painting. I can tell instantly if I've succeeded or failed.
> "The creative preocees," that's where it's at. Is it possible for the
> creative process to fail? I'm of the opinion that any creative process is
> a success by virtue of it's own existence. I've heard it said that "the
> Journey is the Destination." I can't think of a place where that sentiment
> is any more valid.
A drug induced journey into hell is hardly a destination to be wished for.
Many creations of the creative process turn out lousy.
> Any artists who's in it for the joy of "creative process" primarily, as
> opposed to fame or money, is a conduit for Quality. The most accomplished
> and prolific, those closing in on Satori perhaps, express Quality with the
> least amount of Static; they are the true visionaries among us interpreting
> Quality in it's purest form, before it's so thoughtlessly chopped-up and
> picked clean.
>
> Also, there are no rules! Artists are free to create there own universe.
> Artistically speaking, Quality is unfettered by preconceived divisions;
> linguistic shortcomings, for example, don't obstruct the creative artistic
> process the way they do politics, science, philosophy, MoQ, etc.
Yes, freedom is the artist's most important ally.
> Writing and music bring me creative fulfillment I don't get anywhere else.
> Having done both for years now and recently jibing said creative
> experiences with the MoQ, I can't help but believe that Creativity is
> Quality is Being.
At its best, the creative process is the process of deliberately seeking
DQ, the creative force, otherwise called the "Muse," goddess of the arts.
Best,
Platt
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