Post #1
A self portrait with my favorite mushroom earrings, the Santa Monica pier, the wetlands by my house and a minute from the sandy beaches
A reflection to Khebar-
while young, we’re taught the basics as a foundation. for me, it was still life painting and classical ballet. these became my zones of comfort, an aesthetic that had already been pre-approved.
unfortunately it inhibited me from being truly creative as i dreaded modern improv dance and would find myself adhering to traditional composition rules.
as i push myself to look at the flipside, i’m slowly finding new techniques that surpise me like finding a lost coin deep in your pocket.
i admire artists like Agnes Martin, how she captures something so subtly sublime that was completely new, but museum passerbys shrug off. i understand that only art geeks drool over its background info, and myself, i too admit i appreciate Martin but it is because of the story and meaning behind it.
What i mean to say is that some tradition and practice is required in order to then jump off it. One must improvise and create the new, but foundation helps tie people together to understand what the artist wants to communicate.
Zorn’s Khebar carries Jewish liveliness and trinks of music style, but with improvisation adds its own unique twist, a per say “spark” to dance along with.
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