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Young Cain
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Insanity is... by Young Cain

September 15th, 2009 6:22 PM

INSTRUCTIONS: Insanity is doing the same thing twice and expecting the same result.

Document (or create) an example of beautiful chaos governed by natural laws.

So I decided to interperet "Natural Laws" as a Law of the Self-- If you're ever around me long enough, you'll hear this, usually if I'm yelling at you because you don't eat or sleep regularly:
Humans are designed based on natural needs, this means we require certian stimulation to keep us alive, this amounts to the physical, (sleep, food, water, excercise, sexual) and the spiritual (mental, creative, memory, and regular healthy stress). I'm a Jung fan. :P.
I based this task off of creative expression of the self, which, I feel in it's rawest form, is graffiti. Grafffiti, as a craft, is designed solely on the artist's need to create, because graffiti is generally looked down upon in society. The street artist MUST be motivated in order to create in a space where they are usually discouraged to create in. Sure, it may be tempting to do something illegal, but there is a certian dedication to those who learn the craft itself. It's an underrated art form.
Being an artist, one learns to appreciate not just one form of art, but all art as it exists. I, for example, don't like to only classify myself as a writer, because I feel that the singular art form, coming with the word WRITER as in, "you write", limits my options. I am not a painter, one who paints, or a musician, one who plays an instrument, but an artist, one who creates based on what inspires me. This is also how new art forms are created: though experimentation and dappling in multiple disciplines.
Every expression of the self is always different, because everyone is different from different influences and impacts in life, so the art in the raw is very representative of the artist themselves, like a dream would be. The self is referenced in art, but on a very personal level, not as a generalization.
I am learning graffiti also, primarily stencils, and found a great deal of inspiration in my travels and findings. The photos are based in San Francisco and all around Italy.

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posted by Palindromedary on September 16th, 2009 12:35 AM

Interesting interpretation. Thank you for genuinely making me think!

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posted by Ombwah on September 21st, 2009 10:16 AM

I love graff of almost all sorts, even the noodly scribble words can accrete to make a texture that is all human, all city. I think graffiti is an natural mode of expression for human beings and that it reflects the community in a given place so well. win!