Out Of Reach
Sense-less is the theme on Inspire Me Thursday
Senseless, not that easy to completely ignore all ones senses. I decided to block sound out, I put ear plugs on... I then just waited, eyes closed, a brown felt pen in my hands. When I opened my eyes I started to doodle on my hand, a bit like I do on papar when I'm on the phone. When I'd covered my hand, I decided to take a picture of it. Once open in photoshop, I just let go, scribbling without thinking. To finish off the whole thing, I used my latest paper design (not at all made for this, but why not) and added it to the image. At that point, I was starting to think a bit too much so I just ended it (I usually think about a piece and then add a bit here, remove a bit there). So here it is, a more or less senseless piece of art.
EDIT : The more I see this piece the more I think that by not using my "senses" especially sound, I've ended up with a piece that is more "me" than any I've ever done, it's a piece of me on my blog, the iner more private me... my doubts, fears, emotions seem to scream at me in this piece, strange...
Sans Sens est le thème sur Inspire Me Thursday
Kala, Cheryl, Sarah and Carla - Thanks soo much for stopping by and leaving such nice compliments, you make me want to make more art!
Posted by: Steph (Khya) | March 20, 2006 at 11:57
Funny I thought the same thing when doing mine, letting go of your senses makes you more honest! Love your piece, beautiful and rich, real eye candy!
Posted by: Kala | March 18, 2006 at 14:44
This is an amazing piece - I feel like it is leading me - drawing me in. fantastic!
Posted by: Cheryl | March 17, 2006 at 14:39
Hello! I recently discovered your blog, but I have seen your work on Flickr and Inspiration Thursday...your work is beautiful...i will be back again to read more of your posts :)
Posted by: Sarah Pezdek-Smith | March 16, 2006 at 19:22
This is stunning and powerful! The white "doodles" around the hand look like an aura of agitated energy, contrasting with the more looping lines of the text. I love the background paper which adds a little more energy to the composition along with the hand thrust forward. Very cool!
Posted by: carla | March 16, 2006 at 18:21
@ Sharon - Thanks!
Posted by: Steph (Khya) | March 16, 2006 at 12:03
Gorgeous Art!
Posted by: Sharon Wisely | March 16, 2006 at 11:45
@dine - hmmm, j'ai toujours des dessins sur la main :-(
@Thank you melba, and welcome!
Posted by: Steph (Khya) | March 15, 2006 at 15:51
This picture you created is gorgeous and your blog is so beautiful...it draws you in with the rich colors and art...I really like it.
Posted by: melba | March 15, 2006 at 15:35
ah ben voilà à faire des gribouillis à la pillow book hein ;-))
Posted by: dine | March 15, 2006 at 00:02
@Jamie, thank you!
@dine - oui, il reste des traces sur ma main, ça veut pas partir!
Posted by: Steph (Khya) | March 14, 2006 at 16:51
@cAro - Merci, en fait nous devions essayer de faire qq'ch sans utiliser nos 5 "sens", pas évident, j'ai travaillée avec des bouchons dans les oreilles et la tête vide, ce qui donnes ceci, je pense que c'est une partie de moi qui ce retrouve maintenant sur ce blog...
@Tamara - Thank you!
@Dine - J'ai trouvée cela très dur à faire, dans le silence totale, je pense avoir pu suprimer un sens en tout cas et le résultat pour moi est surprenant. Comme je l'ai dis à cAro, le résultat est encore plus "moi" que ce que j'ai déjà fait. Un coté éthnique qui fait partie de moi, tout comme ce coté un peu agressif qui pour le moment fait totalement partie de moi, en essayent de supprimer mes sens, j'ai fini par accentuer le message visuel... étrange.
Posted by: Steph (Khya) | March 14, 2006 at 16:49
Very creative interpretation of the "senseless" theme. I love the idea of arting up your hand and then combining the image with your beautiful chiyogami design is a perfect merger.
Posted by: kristin | March 14, 2006 at 16:46
Wow! This is the first time I've come to your website, and it is so beautiful! I was immediately struck by the beautiful rich colours and the gorgeous graphic at the top.
I'm so glad that you came by my blog and were kind enough to leave a message - thank you :) - so that I could travel here too.
I love what you used your own body for the piece. And then something about your hand appearing in Photoshop to me seems like your senses removed, you know? Beautiful work!
Posted by: Jamie | March 14, 2006 at 16:29
et ce matin tu es tjs bariollée de gribouillis sur ta main?
c'est bizarre moi cette image elle ne m'évoque pas le "non- sens" enfin sensesless pour être plus clair pasque en francais ça semble autre chose ...elle m'évoque une saturation de sens justement ...une violence tactile, visuelle, auditive, ...je sais tu dis t'être coupée de sens pour cette image MAIS ...voilà mon ressenti!! (sinon à part ça j'aime bcp graphiquement!!)
Posted by: dine | March 14, 2006 at 15:47
Wow! Stephanie - I am so impressed by your 2-d work.
Posted by: tamara | March 14, 2006 at 13:38
Oulalala que c joli tout plein!!! on dirait une affiche pour ché pas un truc genre libérez nous, ou stop le racisme, hum bref tres chouette et interloquent ;)
Je comprend rien à l'anglais donc j'ai aps compris ton texte... m'enfin l'image est assez parlante
Posted by: cAro | March 14, 2006 at 12:10