I continuously think of new questions to ask myself and to the world around me and this time the question relates to art. What does the artist mean by his art? Haha, how easier it would have been if the artist wrote a paragraph on each artwork of his, describing his feelings and inspiration behind it.
Here the paintings by Mark Rothko have me pondering over what it means. Maybe the yellow could symbolize light and the black could symbolize darkness. The first painting where there is more yellow is from 1954 and the second one where black and yellow are almost equal is from 1963. Yellow can also be associated with knowledge and black can be associated with ignorance. So when yellow was more it could symbolize either his own life or the life around him but as he progressed further into his life he could have felt more ignorance around him or depression in himself. Mark Rothko on February 1970 had commited suicide, so maybe it was his life that was being over powered by shadows and darkness. All this or maybe he just liked to play with colours.
This campaign from Paul Smith really makes me want to jump up and start painting. I always wanted to paint, and I've tried but it never comes out the way I want. Far from it actually. I asked someone what I should do to improve and the reply was something very obvious - paint. He meant practice painting over and over again until you can make it right. Now all I have to find some free time and give that a try.
I continuously think of new questions to ask myself and to the world around me and this time the question relates to art. What does the artist mean by his art? Haha, how easier it would have been if the artist wrote a paragraph on each artwork of his, describing his feelings and inspiration behind it. 
Another beautiful editorial from Another man (SS 08). Stylist - Nicola Formichetti, Photograher - William Selden.
Recently I have developed a taste for art but I'm no expert. I wanted to learn more about art and its history so I thought I would start with the famous artists first. This led me to M.C. Escher. One of his works that struck me most was Relativity (shown above). As a child I have seen this many times, many different ways but I never would have considered this art in my toddler years. How fast life changes a month ago I would never had given a second look at this or any other piece of art but now I feel I could stare at it for days and days. Also the quote 'an artist is never poor' has been echoing in my mind. Somewhere deep inside I am hoping, wishing that I was an artist or that I would become one. I guess I'll keep dreaming haha.
