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Added Jun 21, 2021

A question of style

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I share some thoughts with you after quite a while.
We talk "abstract".
About two months ago I made the decision (and take the courage) to work on my themes, the emotions, the subtle aspects that I observe without necessarily using a recognizable figure.
It goes in the direction of giving more strength to my intuition and an openness to different way of readings.
I already see two major things :

- the presence must be relentless, to be able to follow the intuition, but it is not simple at all, we're usually not too well trained for this kind of things

- This is a high precision exercise. You put a line, a brushstroke where it shouldn't be, you over-work it ... it can definitely be screwed up with no possibility of return.

Catching up in the figurative is possible, as far as I'm concerned, in the gesture it's another story.
On the other hand, the style is a "freeze frame" of where we are at a given moment.

Don't get me wrong here , I said "where we are" not "who we are".
Who we are is the common thread of a lifetime.

Style is just a way. And too bad for maniacs' label

Gioia