The dialectic of the process
The 2 postings below can be in one. They describe the process of creation. One (the “Decapitated…” drawing is a pure freedom. Destruction. Self-conscious act. Pure excitement.
The other is a commissioned work. The scene from the film with Melissa throwing the chair describes the doubts and the feelings behind it. But, I never destroy the works commissioned to me. On the opposite. I have respect for this part of my work. I know, that without the “art on command” there won’t be the other, the pure expression. The truth lies in the middle. I won’t be able to create anything, if I work only for myself, if I don’t have the stimulus of the client, of the people around me at NFB, or the “commissioner”. I don’t believe in the “ lonely artist” in his studio. Without the communication, the construction, and deconstruction of the “real” life, I wouldn’t be able to create a single line. The obstacles, the contraventions, the conflicts are essential part of the creative process. The pure freedom is a trap, a hole. At the time, when someone will give me all the freedom, all the ressources – I will be dead. Better to go to the beach, than to work. This is my idea for the dialectic of creation, which I had in mind, doing the film “Lipsett diaries”. The artist has to be in the maelstrom of the events and the time.