Issue 28 11.20.13
Process – The Pixels of an Image
Inspiration and Realization
The following thoughts on “process in art” are taken from Shannon Wright’s blog, which is about art and the teaching of art. Inspiration and Realization (Hard-Won Revelations About My Own Artmaking Process) A friend recently emailed me an interesting quote from Wendell Berry’s 1982 book of essays, Standing By Words. Wendell Berry’s words happen to […]
Sources of Inspiration
By John Skaggs I don’t always really know where the inspiration for my artwork comes from. The Latin word musa[1], “source of inspiration,” comes closest to describing the entity or entities that this form of animation, of which I can’t quite put my finger on, originates from. The inspiration is partially from me (prior experiences, […]
PROCESS AS PASTIME
by Robert Yang “Process” is a heavy word in video game design. It refers to procedurality, the ways in which a computer manipulates or generates data. It also refers to proceduralism, the idea that a video game is a formal system of rules and interactions, not a narrative nor a simple toy. Most often, it […]
Mi$hap
Hello, My name is John-Paul Real. And I am what some consider an artist. I have been drawn to art, and the artist lifestyle ever since I can remember, honestly. I was about 4 years old. I remember learning how to read from Dr. Seuss’s “Cat in the Hat”, and being enthralled with the sheer […]
A Human’s Job
By Tyson Frederick It is a human’s job to be an artist. It is the artist’s job to think about an idea, to think about the self, to think about consciousness. When I think of process, it is the state or mode of being. There is a harmonic connection of the artist between material, idea, and […]