Don’t limit yourself to your own slice of art for inspiration.
by Loren A. Roberts (guru of multi-hyphenate media)
Favorite source of inspiration for me: going to a museum. You wouldn’t think that advertising (which is what I do most of the time) would have anything to do with fine art, but think about it: doesn’t creativity speak to you across the boundaries of trite classifications like “art” or “music” or “dance” or...?
Other sources of inspiration:
- Skater videos
- Fine art photography
- Classical music
- Punk music (a college roomate of mine is in this L.A. band)
- Japanese pop art (anime, animation, etc.)
- Fashion
- Spiritual texts and musings on spiritual texts from various faith traditions
The list could go on and on.
So watch the video above, even if you aren’t a visual artist. Ask yourself the following questions:
- What do you see? What is visible? What is obscured? Why?
- How is this been changed from real life? And to what purpose?
- What colors are used? How do they make you feel?
- How is the sound/music used to accentuate what you are seeing?
- If you were describing this video to a blind person, how would you do it?
- If you were describing this video to a deaf person, how would you do it?
- Why do you think this video was created? Did they accomplish what they set out to do?
Now go and try these questions with your art, or the next show you see. And then see if the answers can inform how you create...
LOREN A. ROBERTS produces films, videos and music, designs magazines and logos, plays and sings in a rock-and-roll tribute band, and is a student of what happens when science, the arts, technology, and culture collide. www.hearkencreative.com
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