an MSN conversation slightly edited.


m says:
i have a great art idea that i've decided i need to fulfill

N says:
whats that

m says:
oh wait, have you read my blog?

m says:
i just remembered i wrote a little something about it

N says:
not in the last few days

m says:
ok

m says:
then my idea is based around our digitally photographed world

N says:
hm

m says:
a world of instantaniety

m says:
a place that almost ruins imagination, and mental imaging

m says:
and takes away contemplation on any point

m says:
there are no more giant fish stories

m says:
you now know the fish was the size of their hand

m says:
so i'm going to go around with a pen a paper and just write down what i think would look like a neat picture, but not actually take the picture

m says:
besides, i think we accidentally convince ourselves that the camera doesn't lie, and we convince ourselves that the photo is as beautiful as the scene really was

m says:
but i distinctly remember looking at things that a photograph never captures as beautifully as my minds eye

m says:
after i write down the pictures i see, i will take the paper, and incorporate it into a painting that has abstract references towards the scene

m says:
essentially it is a jumping off point to start using your mental imaging center to produce and think on images more. a somewhat revival of that part of our brain.