“Shift of
Chronus”
(Inscription:
Kronus | Chroous)
Pencil
3.5 x 5 inches |
8.9 x 12.7 cm
Strathmore 50 lb |
74 g/m
January 13, 2010
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Shift of Chronus,
January 13, 2010
I never did
figure out the right word for the title of this drawing. There was a
word in there somewhere which was supposed to mean something about a
shift in hue, like chroma. But the word kept coming out like another
Greek word, which relates to time. Actually they are the same thing
when it comes down to the laws of physics. The drawing is an attempt
to show a time shift in human consciousness. Creativity addresses
time, space, and functions outside the natural order of chronology.
Without an awareness of time, we would not comprehend space or the
distance between two points in physical reality. During periods of
creative activity the artist experiences the sensation that time has
been suspended, but as the pencil, paint brush, wood carving chisel,
guitar, or stage charts are laid down, the hour is much later than we
thought. It's easy to understand how these experiences with
creativity can lead to an interest in the time-space continuum
The
drawing continues this process of reclaiming markings from the past.
The curl of air in the upper right corner was a frequent visitor to
pencil drawings some thirty-five years ago. As a landscape, the
drawing reminds me of a watercolor painting I did in 1983 entitled
The Aegean Sea
where the water vapor rising out of the water is made visible in the
painting. The surface of the sea (or land) is below one's point of
view now, as the horizon is not visible in this landscape. There are
only fugitive elements of atmospheric embellishments visible. The air
has been slightly bruised with the lightest of markings from the
pencil. The wind blows it all to the East, or North, or leeward in
the rising escape from gravity and transcendence into a new time
zone. Like the journey of a person seeking spiritual truths in a
world gone stark-raving mad, the new awareness of the bigger picture
starts to gel and thicken in the curl of Chronus. My new word for the
day.
Oliver
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