Form Finding - Sound Finding

Further inspiration from the Southbank Centre in this quote from Morton Feldman. His sound finding ==> my form finding (see previous posts of August, September and October 2013): simply replace the word 'sounds' with 'forms':

" Morton Feldman: Patterns in a Chromatic Field for cello & piano
Morton Feldman's epic Patterns in a Chromatic Field is widely acknowledged as one of his finest late compositions. It is profound, enthralling and infused with a melancholic feeling of departure.

Feldman wrote, 'I feel that I listen to my sounds, and I do what they tell me, not what I tell them. Because I owe my life to these sounds.' "

History through Art

Art = a window into history:

The Rest Is Noise @ The Southbank Centre

Tracing human history through the Arts - music/performing arts as well as the visual arts - and history providing a stepping stone for the Art of the future. 

A hugely inspiring festival!

Reith Lectures - Continued

The fourth and last Reith Lecture, delivered by Grayson Perry:

Lecture 4: I Found Myself in the Art World

A very beautiful insight in 30th minute (29.10 to 30.14) into his coping mechanism in what he refers to as the 'corrosive' art world, 'caustic atmosphere', in which that 'artist' part of him is 'vulnerable' and 'delicate': 'irony', 'mischief', 'facetiousness' and 'cynicism'. That explains all then ... and I suppose to some extent counters the 'oversimplification' and 'acceptance' I referred to in my post dated 29/10/2013.
His connection with Central St Martins also explains a lot, I feel.
Not the most informative/best of the lectures.

Some quotes that resonate with me when he talks about what the art world has given him and what being an artist is like for him:
- 'I found myself' ...'the beautiful thing the art world has given me';
- 'a refuge .... a kind of inner shed in which I can lose myself'.
Very nicely put!

And Now for Something Completely Different

A sculpture painting, in its latter stages of completion:

Detail