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Source.......Energy.......Structure
Formed
And Formless
The Vastness Of That Which We Do Not See
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Sometimes Regression Has Its' Attributes.......Sometimes Necessity Prefigures The Inimitable............Yes............Sometimes
The Notion Is Better Than The Answer
Southern Art -- Environmental Artist
Conceptual Art--Natural Imperatives
That Stillness Before Reason(Or Anarchy For That Matter)..............Before The Opus One Presumes............Before
The Light........Perhaps After...............Even
Truths--World Without Art
Quietly Now
Whisper
Their Mystery Is Their Silence
And Their Silence Echoes Pathos
And Further Mystery
Peace
Please
Lyricism?--Expressionism?--Kineticism?
The Southeastern United States Presently Has 632 Species On The Endangered Species List....Of
That Number, 448 Are Animal And 184 Are Plant Species
Alabama--114 Total--96 Animal--18 Plant
Arkansas--30 Total--24 Animal--6 Plant
Florida--111 Total--57 Animal--54 Plant
Georgia--66 Total--43 Animal--23 Plant
Kentucky--47--38 Animal--9 Plant
Louisiana--26--23 Animal--3 Plant
Mississippi--38 Total--34 Animal--4 Plant
North Carolina--63 Total--36 Animal--27 Plant
South Carolina--22 Total--22 Animal--20 Plant
Tennessee--95 Total--75 Animal--20 Plant
It Is One's Feeling That These Figures Fall Short Of The True Numbers, Particularly As Far
As Plant Species.........
So What Does This Have To Do With Art And Artists?...........Everything!........Artist Should
Be The Caretakers And Guardians Of The Planet
Kinetic Abstraction--Ecstatic Dance
O.K.......O.K..............O.K...........So It's Been "Done To Death"..........Sobeit.........Sometimes
That "Dead Dog" Can Lead One To New Pages..........Maybe Already Has(This Simple Human Mind Just Has To "Catch Up")
Red Cockaded Woodpecker.........Sweet Little Fellow..............Favors Old Growth Pine Forest........Most
Of The Forest Are Gone Now(Logged Out)...............Same As He...........A Few Left, Here And There In The Southeast United
States.......About The Size Of A Cardinal, Picoides borealis Now Number Roughly 12,500 Birds In About 5000 Groups.............Threats
Beside Lack Of Diverse Old Growth Pine Forest Include Pesticides And Insecticides, Fire Suppression And Lack Of Wildlife
Corridors...............Interestingly, Red Cockadeds' Travel In Family Groups Of Four To Six........There Is Only One Pair
Of Breeding Birds And Group Members Incubate The Eggs(Laid In Cavities Of Pine With Decayed Heartwood)............Can Take
Up To Three Years To Build........What A Lesson We Should Learn From These Wonderful Little Birds......They Can Be Saved...........Pretty
Simple.........Save The Remaining Trees, Save An Entire Species, Save Ourselves
Post Contemporary--Art Of The Future
A Quietness In The Mist............A Gentle Pause...............Reflection...............Resonance............
Recovery......................Discovery.............
Instant
Silence
Perspective
Consideration
Is It Pompous Of Me To Believe That Art(s) Is The Only Thing That Can Save Our Species From
Oblivion?
Let Me Know
Contemporary Abstractionist--Idea, Form, Reason
The Florida Everglades, One Of The Largest Wetlands In The World, Now Comprise 1,500,000 Acres(Fortunately,
In The Form Of A National Park), Half Of Its' Original 3 Million Acres............Farming And Water Conservation Areas Devastated
The Northern Half While At The Same Time Polluting The Existing Southern Half With Runoff And Depriving It Of Sufficient
Water.......Currently, There Are 51 Endangered Plant And Animal Species And 20 Threatened Species Residing In The Everglades.................With
Mangrove Forest, Fresh And Saltwater Ecosystems And Prairie, This Sub Tropical Wilderness Houses 600 Animal Species, 300 Bird
Species, 1000 Varieties Of Plants And 120 Varieties Of Trees...........Slowly, The Everglades Are Dying........Five Acres
Of Everglades Die Each Day..................Over 90 Percent Of Her Wading Birds Are Gone.............The Florida Everglades,
As The Louisiana Coastal Wetlands, Are A National Treasure............It Is No Longer A Matter Of The Interest Of The Few
Dictating The Fate Of A Solitary Ecosystem...............No, Now It Is The Entire Planet At Stake
Energy Presupposing Form
Pretty Basic Stuff
Natures' Playground
Artists' Also
Such A Fine Moving Adventure Along These Endless Planes Of Discovery............Changing Forms
And Infinite Strands Of Energy.........That Breathless Whisper Of What Is To Come Next
Elements Of Which?
Segments Of Which?
Instances Of Which?
Determinations Of Which Sit On The Back Burner Of Gestation
All Forms Are Temporal.............All
Energy Is Not..........................All
Energy Is Source................All
Source Is Energy.............All
..................Moving Nonetheless.........But In Which Manner Or Method Or Direction, Even?
Let Me Know
A Simple Fancy...........A Farewell To The Tyranny Of The Understood............The Stubborn
Insistance Of Known...........Welcome The Pure Necessity Of Future Vision....Embrace It..........It Is The Stuff Of One's
Evolution......The Absoluteness Of Imperative
Excellent Movement And Flow Throughout The Month Of October…….Quite A Change In Imagery, Additional
Technique(s) As Well As Mental Processes Themselves……..One Is Certain That Importance Of Work Completed Over The
Month Lies Probably More In What It Will Contribute To The Future Than Present Significance…………..There
Are Many Changes And Many Things To Be Considered Within Those Changes(Not To Mention The Fact That There Are Things Within
Them That I Do Not Presently Understand But Feel Strongly About As Far As Their Place In Development)………Several
Of The Images Are Quite Lovely And Do Indeed Get To The Source While Others Are Absolutely Chaotic But Possessed Of That Something
Which Really Draws One In………..And A Few Even Are Heavily Derivative And A Seeming Regression Of Some Work
I Did Years Ago…………..Yet Within Them There Are Subtle Differences As Well As Additions………..Actually,
I Guess The Month’s Developments Really Get To The Core Of My Beliefs About Source, Energy, Change And Development……………….That…………………….Energy
Of Thought Enters That Stream of Consciousness(And Unconsciousness For That Matter) Which Finds Its’ Way Into The Fabric
Of Nature’s Constant And Infinite Evolution
DoDa
So, Starting This New Month Off Right………….Already See Imagery And Thought "Coming
Together" As A Result Of October Efforts…………Ground Regains Importance……..Is Indeed, In
Many Instances, My Source…………..Imagery Slowly Returning To Simplicity, Bringing The Return Of My Less
Is More Philosophy………………
DoDa
Soon My Beloved Swamp Will Begin Its’ Winter’s Sleep………….Migratory Patterns
Have Been Set, Leaves Begin Their Fall, Intensity And Duration Of Sun Grows Less…….Life In This Place On This
Planet At This Particular Time……………..And As Those Seasonal Changes In Nature, So Do I, Evolve
In This Place, On This Planet, At This Particular Time
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