Thursday, April 5, 2018

minutes to a wildetect meeting - april 2018


The road to creative independence is paved in blood sweat and many tears - It’s also a road that one will  gain almost equal measures of  humility and personal strength, if your wise - So it’s great wildetect 1 of 3 wants to now embark on a pathway of creative Self-discovery. Sometimes the cutting of the symbolic umbilical cord is a necessary process for real growth to really creatively develop and find oneself. 

I for one fully understand and support that - What one lets go of will all form part of your artistic tapestry at the end of your journey- That is why it is said "the day of your death is greater than the day of your birth." Ones creative journey must never be encumbered by others controlling influence or crit. Whilst you discover your artistic purpose for yourself. Follow your gut and strive for creative uniqueness - That’s really the key - There are so many talented artists but sadly mostly they all work in a similar set mold and their genius is restricted by the box mindset. Influenced by their lecturer, by there peers, by their employer. 

They all want creative parameters to work within because they feel that’s where the x factor will be found - The brilliance really is whilst you are sitting on top of the box,  not when your in it.

The concept of Wildetecture is a design / creative  incubator, an endeavor that wrapped around many of the art movements of times before. A group of like minded creatives aligning themselves around a set of idealistic creative design based  thoughts - To showcase collective and individualistic endeavor, the pupa shell housing for the butterfly to develop itself really - We all have strengths and although I am creative,  one of my skills  so to speak - is I recognize unique artistic talent in others and i really try make sure it is focused on becoming the best it can be. That’s why im a teacher - I love the process of watching someone’s confidence and  passion grow. In this analogy im not a shade tree - I believe creative growth happens when one allows others to bask in the full hlare of sunlight - Because as a creative that is the hardest thing to do - Because creative, artists, poets all harbor delusions of individual grandeur and sharing limelight does not come standard with the model.  - If one doesn’t have these delusions, then ones endeavors would on the most part be insipid. (Just my opinion not fact)

One can tend to lose ones individual artistic identity in a collective. So I understand the need for independence. Artistic talent and architectural genius is 10 a penny to be honest - To be at the top of that heap of professionals and talent,  all trying to fight for the limelight is a wrangle I want no part of really. 

Hence the concept of Wildetecture was born. Its very name signifies an artistic creative rebellion of the norm. Its  A concept creative incubator definitely to the  left of center. Its something that has  existed in various forms over time but it  needed fleshing out by a new team.  That was something I couldn’t do on my own - it needed dialogue and conversation - it needed spark and design passion.

Artists can lose a certain individual creative spark by being part of a collective. That is why we need to get back to our cteative individual purpose as well.

Im going to meet up with a carpentry team  Monday and look at building up 2 VNLT 1 point 0 tables  - the original table that first sparked the conversation. I have allowed other models to develop from the original thought and those have been executed very well.  I will look at exploring a crowd funding option and I will model the chairs on those incredible Scandinavian chairs at the ripple house.  

The drama of the impossible is made manifest in the endeavors to pull creative concepts out the ether. The VNLT 1.0 is a vehicle I would like to see in the real.  To launch it will take considerable effort but like looking to find oneself in New York  or in an architects office - I believe I will find myself in the outpouring of individualistic creative wildetect work. Not shackled by a client or anyone else’s mind or office space. 

Where no pressures exists other than the need to see an end product emerge out thoughtx and dust. I will need to use minimal funding from Wildetecture , however I want to crowd fund as much as possible - I feel its time for me to experiment more tactfully with a wood working carpentry base. I need to experiment with form again in the real.

So whilst New York  beckons wildetect 1 and 2 greatness across the vast Atlantic - when one hits over 45 yrs as in my case - Its the vast oceans of one’s mind and individual unique endeavor is where ones compass starts to point. 

Exploring the first threads of what sparked Wildetecture for me is now a destination that beckons - The initial energy that pushed this wildetect ship into the ocean. So to set sail for ones planned destination  is the exciting part of life. Its always good to keep the fires burning and remember you will always without fail  find yourself just behind your toes. No matter if your at home or on the very edge of the world. Set sail for new horizons, challenging your creative ability constantly.