The Young Michelangelo
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| "Torment of Saint Anthony". Michelangelo |
Art Soul Connection
And a Young Boy
It is there, this
connection of "Art to Soul, Soul to Art" deep it springs form the earliest age to
bring into being, something that has never been told or viewed before. From
where does this connection to the silver strands of the either waves come, and
why does it have the effect of addiction to create something? This is the
question which has mystified artists from the beginning of time. This energy demands the instant feeling of
now, action, and the incredible feeling of another self doing the now
of creativity. This feeling cannot be denied.
This connection is apparent in children as they play with color, clay, and keys on the instrument at hand. They have no constraints, they are in the moment of another world. One which is theirs only, and can never be from the world of NO.
Michelangelo was the
genius of his age. It started early when at the age of 13, he created the
"Torment of Saint Anthony".
Somehow, this creative instinct vanishes from most as the young are channeled
into the learning of what is competitive and successful in our world of wants. To be successful, art
is not the way.
Last Friday I met a Young Boy. He had the shinning eyes for the love of Art. His work influenced by today's proliferation of graphic images of the now genre of comic. I wondered if he were a citizen of Florence in the time of Michelangelo, and not influenced by today's media, what kind of images would be his inspiration. I had a few moments of conversation and encouraged him to draw. Draw everything. Learn what you see in the moment of the real, not on a screen of what others post. Look, and really See. Learn from the masters, and use your passion to imbue your drawings with your self, make the connection of your eye to your self with... truth
He smiled, and we shook hands. I left the jubilant scene of Artists Alley First Friday Art Walk, and knew that a young boy would have thoughts of resolve and exploration about his connection to the Silver Strands of making.
