Friday, April 4, 2008

The Dark Side of imagewerx

Some perceptive readers have noticed that within the article "The Creative Core"; "Imagewrex" appears capitalized at times and at other times it appears "imagewerx".  This is not a mistake or an oversight. There is a dark side to imagewerx.

 When humankind was placed in exhibition, he bore all the marks of the creator's hand.  Yet, while humankind was free he was not autonomous.  This wonderful creation still received, moment to moment, the influence of the creator's touch.  Much like the artist that works with clay or stone.  The hands could still hold influence over the artist's object.  The artist and the object harmonized in a creative ballet; that witnessed the object's beauty and creativity while still exhibiting the creative touch of the craftsman hands.  (Not unlike a gifted musician performing on a musical instrument.)

The creative object was free to be all that it was created to be; but it was not free to be autonomous, it should not usurp the artist's intentions.   By forming or reforming itself, it no longer took on the creative license of the original creator.  The clay so to speak fashioned itself in its own "image".  In so doing the object no longer reflected the "Image" of the original artist; it now took on the "image" of its own design.  The art now displayed its own "imagewerx".  The dark knight had entered Camelot.

1 comment:

Anonymous said...

Very good stuff. You're thinking again aren't you? What's your sign?
St. Bassmoe