Why Curvism Art?
Why Curvism Art? (Written 6/7/07)
I am in the middle of several art projects: making 25 small sacred shrines, making a movie about the Green River, and making a movie about the Black River. I want to throw myself into several new art projects: a series of elliptical paintings, printing off and framing 30 to 40 elliptical photographic self portraits (of my shadow, hand, foot), plus an idea for seven sculptures, and working on my next book.
Why? Why am I still involved with making art? My studio is packed full of art that I can’t sell because nobody wants to buy it. It seems difficult to even give it away. So why do I still want to make more Curvism art when no one cares about Curvism in spite of my continuing to send out letters, books and emails trying to generate interest for Curvism in the art world? Am I still chasing after fortune and fame? Why can’t I forget about art?
Without art my life would be boring and bland; unmemorable, and unlivable. If I had not thrown myself into art I probably would have thrown my life away into something destructively exciting-like being a wall street banker or stock trader, or a politician, or a military volunteer or perhaps a cocaine/meth addict. Art at least has the possibility at times of being connected to the spiritual. Maybe that is the answer to my question as to why I continue to create art. Art is the best way I know to see, feel, hear, taste and touch the spiritual. It is through art that the spiritual reveals itself through the physical.
