I have looked at songs/lyrics’ as inspiration and now I have found quotes from my tumblr.
I found ten for as part of my 10/10 project.
“Everything I’ve ever let go of has claw marks on it.” – David Foster Wallace
“Our eyes met and suddenly I forgot how to breathe.” – Unknown
“You are not weak just because your heart feels so heavy.” – Andrea Gibson
“Temporary; I have never heard such a word that made me feel both terrified and relieved.” – Mandeq Ahmed
“Like wildflowers; you must allow yourself to grow in all the places people thought you never would.” – Unknown
“We are made out of comets and stars. Do not surround yourself with those that treat you like dirt and dust.” – Noor Shirazie
“Some people are born with tornados in their lives, but constellations in their eyes. Other people are born with stars at their feet, but their souls are lost at sea.” – Nikita Gill
“For a star to be born, there is one thing that must happen: a nebula must collapse. So collapse. Crumble. This is not your destruction. This is your birth.” – Unknown
“You may think I’m small, but I have a universe in my head.” Yoko Ono
“There was another life that I might have had, But I am Having this one.” – Kazuo Ishiguro
I am thinking about the feeling behind each quote and making a piece of artwork to go with them. After the 10/10 project I will select the best ones and have them put in my degree show.
I have looked in to the mood enhancing chemicals released behind listening to music. There has be a study that suggests that chemicals are released in to your system at the peak of enjoyment in a song.
Research in to this has found out that the chemical released is Dopamine similar to the response of food or money. Dopamine is also connected to the feeling of ‘falling in love’.
In this study, levels of dopamine were found to be up to 9% higher when volunteers were listening to music they enjoyed.
Music frisson is “chills” consistently, to the same piece of music, without diminishing on multiple listening or in different environments. The Dopamine is released in the moments of frisson in a song.
A key element of the study was to measure the release of dopamine, when the participants were feeling their highest emotional response to the music.
This is what I would like to express in my paintings the emotions behind music translated in to art.
Source article http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-12135590
After time away from painting and struggling with new ideas I have decided to have a little idea making session.
I have an idea to plan paintings around meaningful lyrics or quotes. I came up with this idea when thinking about what to do for my upcoming 10/10 Project. I have had a hard time coming up with new ideas because I have been busy with The Auction. I decided to go back to why I paint, which is because of the connection between expression of emotions through painting and colours. I also remembered the recent connection between emotion and music I have been exploring. Putting this together to find the songs/lyrics etc to mean the most to me and creating something from them.
Here are some examples of lyrics/songs.
‘The worry cracks a fracture from your hip to you’re chest’ – Half Moon Run – Full Circle.
Two Door Cinema Club – Sun
Alabama Shakes – Gimme All Your Love
Damian Rice – My Favourite Faded Fantasy
David Bowie – Moonage Daydream
I find it very hard to explain what this songs do for me as I feel uncomfortable discussing my emotions, I even find it hard to write this blog explaining the context behind what I do as it is all very personal. I also find it hard to talk about my mental health issues but they are a lot to do with my art. It is a very personal part of me that I struggle with a lot more than I like to admit. The only way I now how to express and release these emotions is to listen to music I relate to and to paint. Its a coping mechanism that I have found and it works for me. I really don’t like to talk about this but its the main reason I do what I do and that needs to be explained.
In the future I would like to look in to the stigma behind mental illness as I do feel judged as a weak person for having problems and I don’t feel that that is right I am a strong person. I would like to express that in my work some how, its something to think about.
I have been looking at many different artist these are just some of my favourites. I have yet again found myself in a bit of a creative runt so I have been looking at some inspiring works, I also think I need to go to London to a gallery and see some in reality.
This first artist a looked at was Chris Ofili, he is a turner winning artist who mostly paints in bright bold colours. He is influenced by African culture and often used elephant dung in his work. He also uses paints, resin, glitter and college. I like his work because of his use of colours, swirling patterns and that he uses glitter in his work like a do. This pictures below are some that have glitter in.
I Have looked at Anselm Kiefer he is a German painter and sculptor. His works incorporate materials such as straw, ash, clay, lead, and shellac. I like his work because me uses stars like I do and its very atmospheric.
These are the pieces of his work that I like that most.
Gerhard Richter is a German artist known for his contemporary paintings. I like his technic that he uses with a squeegee board to smudge oil paints on paper. I like the look of this effect and will try something like it soon.
Cy Twombly is one of the favourite artist, I went to see his work in Tate Britain and it really made a great impression on me, I love the colours and the dripping effects that he uses. Out of the three the pink on is my favourite I think I might create something inspired be it.
Last but not lest Yayio Kusama is an other artist I get a lot of inspiration from. I love her paintings use of patterns and colours. her paintings have already inspired many of my pictures. here are just some of my favourites
After talking about where my inspiration comes from, I noticed that a use mostly blogs with lots of photos. So I decided to make a little post replicating the blogs that I look at.
My tumblr and my Pinterest are my main source of inspiration.
