---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, <no_re...@yahoogroups.com> wrote:
Artists often dig deep for material, and it threatens the idea of what art should be, for many observers. A good friend of mine is a lifetime artist - She has educated me on the subject matter that is considered acceptable in the art world, particularly with how women are portrayed. Lynch's stuff is off-kilter, and a little goes a long way, for me, but I appreciate his courage to display these things. The most challenging thing I find about creating art is the emotional questions it brings up, as it is being created. Good for him. Certainly art does not have to be beautiful nor does it have to be liked to be great. It does have to, in my opinion, open up something new for the viewer, the perceiver. Art, for me, is best when it resonates or reveals. Surprises are good too. Also when art can leave you astounded or moved that is also welcome. ---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, <turquoiseb@...> wrote: WHY is it spiritual? Because it's by David Lynch, of course. http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/11/22/david-lynch-art_n_4318015.html?utm_hp_ref=arts http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/11/22/david-lynch-art_n_4318015.html?utm_hp_ref=arts From the article: How do you mean spiritual? David is very into transcendental meditation, and there is a spiritual belief that when the gods name things they come into existence. To me, that felt like how David described his own process of naming. He always has to give something a name to make it into some kind of object. For example in one piece, "The Ricky Board," a 1987 drawing, he drew a bunch of rickies, or flies, and gave them proper names like Steve or John or Bucky. He said as he named each of the flies they took on personalities and had a kind of uniqueness to them. See? If someone else gave names to a bunch of flies, people would think he was a nut case. But when Lynch does it, it's spiritual.
