Land scape
Giorgio Cole
CONTEMPORARY ART REVIEW
This degree of openness in which we speak of is indeed very important to me. After all, that is what art is all about in my world. Everyone sees something different. Everyone may feel something different. Others may be evoked to question or interrogate, while others take conceive in its glory and positive quality / energy. The world is full of opportunity, why shouldn’ t an artist’ s artwork be any different. I strive to keep an open mind in everything I do in life as the possibilities are simply endless. When I put a brush on the paper or canvas I feel as though I am creating my own world of possibility. A world that may or may not be given a definitive answer in regards to its essence but more so a chance for others to be inspired to explore their own lives, dreams, passions, creativity, etc. I want my work to be somewhat overly open, yet very specific at the same time; generally in subject matter that is.
I so frequently ask myself how can one simply not be profoundly fascinated and autogenously evoked with the seemingly pure abstraction of legend and mysticism. How fascinating it is to hear stories that have lasted from generation upon generation and still play crucial importance in our lives. There are not too many things in my life that would be more exciting than listening to an old story from your father around a woodburning fire beneath the pale moonlight, or quietly laying to rest as your mother sings you an old midnight lullaby and tells you a tale from the very dawn of our ancestors. It is a role in my monumentally boundless artistic and creative world in which I feel most obligated to pursue … the role of storytelling!
A large majority of my life is revolved around mysticism. Luckily, I have not had to fulfill a series of life-threatening obstacles to acquire an immense life changing mystical experience, thankfully this mysticism already lives within me. Running through my veins, from my heart and mind and out through my hands. The common person is taught that mysticism itself is a sole agglutination of belief within supremacy or deity. This seemingly spiritual based trepidation has been questioned and disputed for thousands of years. However this is the point where I strive to advocate the potent greatness and absolute wonder in not knowing a definitive answer to the question of mysticism as this is what keeps many of us alive. This undermining knowledge as rational beings that we suppress in our intellectual minds cannot be any overwhelming in my most humble opinion, than the satisfyingly glorified attainment that we can ourselves obtain. When I laugh, I laugh hard. When I am around children, I play like a child. When I look at the stars and the moon, I thank my God for another day.
This concept of mysticism does not necessarily have to be attributed with self-delusion as some may perceive it; but more so a testament from my hands to yours, that your questions can become answers, your dreams can become reality, your thoughts can become agencies, and your mind can move that mountain in the far distance. However in saying just that, let us be aware that our assumptions and anxieties can turn our very selves against this positive affiliation of self-mysticism. We must be firm when we find our own atmosphere of enlightment, but beware of the consequences that can be stricken when questioning selfmysticism as some conceptions can be especially deceiving. Consider yourself Warned!
Take the Geisha for example; the presentation of a beautiful, young, and respected female in a traditional high class society whom simply dominates in the art of dance, tradition and seduction. A hostess trained in the highest rank of performance, music, game playing, and conversation. Yet one may not interpret the Geisha herself within the piece hiding herself beneath her elegant kimono and hand-held