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After reading some Kurt Vonnegut novels as of late, I came across some quite remarkable words he wrote about chaos and order- and began to do some research into this. I read a variety of literary sources, both printed digital, and began to compile an opinion.
This is it.
"The Second Law of thermodynamics states that any one form of energy can be converted into another without loss. Through some reasoning, it puts forth that as order increases within any system, chaos can equally as well- the implication being that one feeds from the other indirectly."
....... I think we as entities live in an environmental system as such. People are constantly attempting an adaptation to chaos- a balance, if you will. We try to add structure to the systems we exist within, to resolve problems in various ways, and organize our "selves" into coherent projections and cohesive personalities. Oftentimes this is a folly- the more we become practitioners of this organizational tactic, more so we become impartial observers who cannot help but exist within the confluence of these chaotic changes.
I apply this same line of thought to the creation of images. Whenever I can exchange process and idea for order and chaos, however I can make use of the random elements and still inject some cohesive ideas. Often these ideas are changed by the randomness of processes, as well as the opposite. Sometimes the images transcend the chaos/order interplay and allow me to show what I intend, and in other works the elements play differently and I end up with a fresh and unsought image- yet I embrace it, because the 'system' works both with and against me.
This is because I know what I 'make' comes from this environment and the changes within it,
so I seek the times when chaos reigns.
Even though I might be the ultimate 'reason' the works were produced, 'I' still believe the 'system' of chaos and order is the true authenticator. There is evidence in the relatively chaotic and spastic marks, the 'choice' of model, the dissecting of my organized, curvilinear geometry- all are meant to contribute to an image, but are come across through intuitive means. To me that makes the image, in the end, not even an authentic one. I should ask, did I make these images, or did I selectively employ some order and rigor and apply it to the chaotic forces of the actual process used to produce them? But I don't really wish to know, but rather to show.
I choose Didactic means not due to an ego or a wish to put forth my 'self', but because I feel it to be the best means by which to participate within this system- the more I can influence (the more chaos I create), the more I eventually contribute to it all, the more this postulate is validated. That is rewarding to me because I enjoy feeling as if I am a part of this system, and I have an affluence for the creation of imagery which shows as much- it's another cycle.
'Life' is happening all around us beyond our control- as beings, we exist within this system. As an artist, I exist within it too, and have become a semi-conscious observer of as much. I seek neither the power to change it nor to understand how/why the system exists- but rather to produce images which might tell of it's existence to persons with a willingness to see.
As She Observes Chaos, Waterless Lithograph, Edition 8
Detail:
Detail:
Brian's Adaptation to Chaos, Waterless Lithographs, 5 panels, Edition 5
The Effect of Brian's Chaos upon his 'self', Waterless Lithograph, Edition of 8 + 4 CTPs
Detail:
Chaos Becomes Her, Waterless Lithograph, Edition of 7
What do you think?
This is it.
"The Second Law of thermodynamics states that any one form of energy can be converted into another without loss. Through some reasoning, it puts forth that as order increases within any system, chaos can equally as well- the implication being that one feeds from the other indirectly."
....... I think we as entities live in an environmental system as such. People are constantly attempting an adaptation to chaos- a balance, if you will. We try to add structure to the systems we exist within, to resolve problems in various ways, and organize our "selves" into coherent projections and cohesive personalities. Oftentimes this is a folly- the more we become practitioners of this organizational tactic, more so we become impartial observers who cannot help but exist within the confluence of these chaotic changes.
I apply this same line of thought to the creation of images. Whenever I can exchange process and idea for order and chaos, however I can make use of the random elements and still inject some cohesive ideas. Often these ideas are changed by the randomness of processes, as well as the opposite. Sometimes the images transcend the chaos/order interplay and allow me to show what I intend, and in other works the elements play differently and I end up with a fresh and unsought image- yet I embrace it, because the 'system' works both with and against me.
This is because I know what I 'make' comes from this environment and the changes within it,
so I seek the times when chaos reigns.
Even though I might be the ultimate 'reason' the works were produced, 'I' still believe the 'system' of chaos and order is the true authenticator. There is evidence in the relatively chaotic and spastic marks, the 'choice' of model, the dissecting of my organized, curvilinear geometry- all are meant to contribute to an image, but are come across through intuitive means. To me that makes the image, in the end, not even an authentic one. I should ask, did I make these images, or did I selectively employ some order and rigor and apply it to the chaotic forces of the actual process used to produce them? But I don't really wish to know, but rather to show.
I choose Didactic means not due to an ego or a wish to put forth my 'self', but because I feel it to be the best means by which to participate within this system- the more I can influence (the more chaos I create), the more I eventually contribute to it all, the more this postulate is validated. That is rewarding to me because I enjoy feeling as if I am a part of this system, and I have an affluence for the creation of imagery which shows as much- it's another cycle.
'Life' is happening all around us beyond our control- as beings, we exist within this system. As an artist, I exist within it too, and have become a semi-conscious observer of as much. I seek neither the power to change it nor to understand how/why the system exists- but rather to produce images which might tell of it's existence to persons with a willingness to see.
As She Observes Chaos, Waterless Lithograph, Edition 8
Detail:
Detail:
Brian's Adaptation to Chaos, Waterless Lithographs, 5 panels, Edition 5
The Effect of Brian's Chaos upon his 'self', Waterless Lithograph, Edition of 8 + 4 CTPs
Detail:
Chaos Becomes Her, Waterless Lithograph, Edition of 7
What do you think?