Wednesday, August 25, 2010

The Only Way Out is In.



Nothing feels or sounds like charcoal. It's raw and messy. Black and filthy. It has a raspy voice like leafy branches scraping the side of a house on a windy night. Drawing with charcoal makes time stand still. A primordial connection lives inside charcoal. It's a link to ancient artists who took whatever they had and made something out of nothing. With burnt chunks of wood they made images, lines and marks. They made art.


1 comment:

  1. So true...

    Makes one think how if you're creative you'll find a way to express yourself. I met an artist this week that painted with nail polish. So many colors! Before that she painted with jello...

    Another artist friend, as a child, used to paint with tea. Different ones had different tones and colors. It was all she had to work with.

    Yeah, I can understand burnt wood...

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