: Always You. 45x32cm. Pencil on Card. 23/6/25

 The Relevance of The Beautiful by Hans - Georg Gadamer

* "Why does the understanding of what art is today present a task for thinking" (p9)

* "What is this truth that is encountered in the beautiful and can come ro be shared? 

 What is the the purpose beyond aesthetics? Something intelligible?

Presented. The piece must have a purpose. To be used as something. A means to an end? It must be accessable, when it is "out there" it is understood becauseit is part of "universal human comprehension". What is the realtionship between - "what" i caonsider it to be - between what my ideaof what it is and how to go about it - and what it is to the other? Tension. Linear continuum. Part of time. It exists Singularly and Continuously. But different - though universal. A concept of Connection/Communication. A link of electrical conductivitythrough the medium of paint. Aesthetically put - an offer and (not). The problem is one of definition. A linguistic proposition which never hits the mark! An experience of Art, no matter how it is described is always affirmed, not only in the moment of interpretation, but in the moment of communication (Kant).

     * What is the machine? Can it ever be deconstructed? And if it was, would that deconstructionbe anything like the representation in the Artist's mind at the point of conception?  - of the idea/ideal in the actual production of the piece.

     - it is a good idea to Ailienate onesself from the piece. Henceforth the work will be refered to as "The Piece"

 The Boo on Ian Moir

The Death of Nature,

The Realisation of Old Knowledge,

The Application of Old Knowledge to life,

    In a new way, the road is set out before you, but your nature resides as you step forth into the world

Bringing your richness with you

The presentation speaks for itsself 

But only if you are on that level

    Encarnate the physicality of thought - forth production in oil and colour, a feeling of fact conveyed in a metaphor, solid for the moment, will you be relevant tommorow? What "tomorrow" will i know? Convey me red. convey me blue, convey the me i am to you

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 Some people only contibute to life through their death. I contribute to life through my nature. Giving through interpretation and reinterpretation. So the cycle goes. Be confident my friend, you are valued. These thoughts conveyed with conviction are what bring meaning. Fear holds us back and kills. This is the application of nature, life and death. The question is: do you want to be part of the living? Join me there on the plateue above the green lands. Touched by the fire god and all his incarnations. The metaphor at the origins of life burn wildly there. And as the sun sets, we shall have lived. Together

 With a rudimentary grasp of Art one can inspire so much.......style

A thing can be both pointless and good. Swim the infinite sense perceiving. I am not here to give you an easy ride.....i'm here to inspire you. Instead of talking about original sin, shouldnt we be talking about original metaphor? If you are looking for truth you will not find it here...

: The Measure of a Metaphor: The Return of The Boo. Pencil on Card