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Powerful Words

| 12 April, 2012 14:15

Abstract painting, M. pia De Girolamo, Mixed media on canvas

An artist, Joyce Wycoff, who I follow on Twitter and Facebook wrote a blog post http://joycewycoff.blogspot.com/2012/01/artist-statements-evaluation.html about creating a strong artist statement. We corresponded about ways to craft a good one and she suggested a helpful (and fun) exercise which consisted of writing down at least 15 sentences describing "why I am an artist".

I made my list and recently while revisiting it, I noticed certain words and phrases which jumped off the page and I highlighted them. Here they are:

Energized

Euphoric

Connected

Delight

Powerful

Sharing

Interacting

Extraordinary

Enriched

Insight

Heightened awareness

Precious gift

Accepting

Bursting to come out

I'm sure the artists among you will claim all or some of these powerful words but I think that many apply to the experience of the viewers of art as well. The viewer, when really engaged with the art, will feel the same things as the artist who created it.

Comments

Powerful Words

Tom Hlas | 12/04/2012, 15:22

So true. I like the fact you made the correlation that a viewer of art can have the same feelings toward a work of art as did the artist who created it. Love the painting, by the wayl

Reply to Tom

Pia | 12/04/2012, 15:34

Tom-Thanks for the comment and glad you like the painting. I've seen it described that the viewer's ability to see/feel what the artist is sees/feels is essentially empathy.

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