Issue 01
Friday, November 8, 2024
Volume 200,000
/..Creative activity, that is - the actions of an artist can be split (crudely) into two types : The forced and the unforced../
- Matthew Douglas
Samuel Playford 2010
About Matthew DouglasĀ“ practice.
This paradox, as Blanchot knows, is also the paradox of art. We can see a name, a definable point on a piece of paper that gives us this artworks origin; and yet, by no means was the artist alone during the works inauguration..
Matthew Douglas 2009
Creative activity, that is - the actions of an artist can be split [ crudely ] into two types : The forced and the unforced.
Whenever I am asked to elaborate or explain this belief I always use the analogy of throwing paper balls into wastepaper baskets...
...If one allows the mind to work instinctively and throws without over thinking, the shot will be more likely to hit target. Once one begins to pull apart the mechanics of this process and over thinks ones action the shot becomes more hesitant, more forced, and usually less successful.