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Graph of Desire by Minches
March 12th, 2008 6:34 PM
I liked this task right way... but was thrown off for a while because I don't think scientifically. Or rather, my immediate thought in response to this task was in color. I occasionally experience something similar to Synesthesia.
I am also not a talented artist when it comes to drawing, so found the most compelling element of this task in my own thought process and attempt to find a way to translate the colors/image I see when I think of the graph of my desire into something I could share.
So I will start with this: On an intuitively primal level I feel (and have always felt) I was designed to offer love to others.
I know this sounds rather cheesy, but I mean it most sincerely. My only true desire in life is to share this flow of openness (not sex, but something much deeper that may not ever require romantic or sexual contact). So when I thought about this task what I saw was more of a mandala of sorts; colors and light flowing around and into each other in a reciprocal manner.
In my mind I am usually green, so I recognized myself easily as the color in the center of the wheel. As I was contemplating how to draw this, I thought for a moment about actually using human figures to represent people. It then felt to me that if I tried to do this I would 1) never be satisfied with the outcome due to my lack of skill in drawing the human form 2) would begin to place conceptual limitations and restrictions on "who" these people were and that felt to go very much against the entire sensation of this flow of energy and connection. So I allowed the the circles of color to be my people.

Red and Orange have become powerful and protecting colors to me and because this flow and connection is such a sacred element of my core it felt important to surround this flow in red, both to represent the strength I gain from the recognition of my desire and in the realization of it's delicacy and need to be well cared for.
I really wish I could more closely represent what is actually IN my head because it is so beautiful it brings tears to my eyes to contemplate for very long and begins to overwhelm my senses.
I am also not a talented artist when it comes to drawing, so found the most compelling element of this task in my own thought process and attempt to find a way to translate the colors/image I see when I think of the graph of my desire into something I could share.
So I will start with this: On an intuitively primal level I feel (and have always felt) I was designed to offer love to others.
I know this sounds rather cheesy, but I mean it most sincerely. My only true desire in life is to share this flow of openness (not sex, but something much deeper that may not ever require romantic or sexual contact). So when I thought about this task what I saw was more of a mandala of sorts; colors and light flowing around and into each other in a reciprocal manner.
In my mind I am usually green, so I recognized myself easily as the color in the center of the wheel. As I was contemplating how to draw this, I thought for a moment about actually using human figures to represent people. It then felt to me that if I tried to do this I would 1) never be satisfied with the outcome due to my lack of skill in drawing the human form 2) would begin to place conceptual limitations and restrictions on "who" these people were and that felt to go very much against the entire sensation of this flow of energy and connection. So I allowed the the circles of color to be my people.

Red and Orange have become powerful and protecting colors to me and because this flow and connection is such a sacred element of my core it felt important to surround this flow in red, both to represent the strength I gain from the recognition of my desire and in the realization of it's delicacy and need to be well cared for.
I really wish I could more closely represent what is actually IN my head because it is so beautiful it brings tears to my eyes to contemplate for very long and begins to overwhelm my senses.
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posted by Minches on March 12th, 2008 6:46 PM
thanks Tricia. I think it actually wiped me out to think so much about my own design. i just drew up a hot bath, and going to go soak, and then pass out and sleep for an extra long time.
posted by Haberley Mead on March 12th, 2008 7:03 PM
Voting for a fantastic new take on this piece, and a fellow synaesthetic.
posted by TEA on March 12th, 2008 7:33 PM
I wish I could experience synesthesia...
and really outside the box thinking here. this is unlike any other graph of desire i've seen. points!
posted by Minches on March 14th, 2008 12:22 PM
i feel like we should have a synaesthetics team...






















Um... "Not a talented artist"?
That's BEAUTIFUL!!!!