Sergey Sobolev
ART Habens
Many people are led by stereotypes . The stereotype is a convenient system for communications . It is a ready module , but it is closed . It means that it doesn ' t intend any development . I can ' t accept the stereotypes at all . It is not that I struggle against them , I rather ignore them , do not see them just on principle . But sometimes it is difficult . It requires a special state of keeping distance . I try to be open-minded , like a child , and to create my own constructions , as if I build them with toy blocks . Any concept isn ' t an absolute for me ; it is a flexible material for creative work . The artist ' s role is very wide . It ranges from the balance of irrationality , which is necessary for the inner self of any person in such a pragmatic world , and stimulation of the people ' s sociability , to breaking stereotypes when they begin to dominate the reason , as the art lives by its own code .
At a certain point I broke from bonds of definitions at last . Everything amalgamated into an integrated stream of creativity for me . Functional and aesthetic aspects are present everywhere . Creativity unites everything I do . Creativity always means discovering something new , inventing something that didn ' t exist in this world five minutes ago . But sometimes situation calls for definitions , as our brain can work with definitions only , but I try to veil everything . I try to turn architecture and design into art , and endue
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