2 threads of artistic design inspiration in the story of an Africa art inspired landscape.
Thread one Africa artists..
In established architectural cultures, with deep existing heritage. They are tasked with the design of their own cultures architecture, art & design heritage. The creative artistic expression of their own cultures creative lineage. As observers to this marvelously rich cultural diversity. We can simply appreciate the brilliance. Africa has age old established cultures with rich artistic design architectural heritages, who just need to keep adding to their own incredible depth & continue to create their own dynamic future design visions. As set out by their previous poets, artists and architects of the culture.
Thread two Africa born inspired creatives.
Those of us born on this incredible continent that is Africa, 2nd , 3rd, 4th generation Africans from around the world children. Who now don't really have 1 established cultural heritage flowing through their veins. Dutch, Malaysian, Irish, English, Scott's, French etc . Who's new cultural blue blood comes from several seperate heritages. Cultures that they now look to try understand and artistically explore. These born on the Africa continent creatives have a different inspirationsl lineage to fervently try explore and express. They can establish and start their own unique inspired artistic design Africa inspired identity. An interpreted creative design artistic journey from being inspired by living on this wildly dynamic Africa continent. Whilst having several bloodline cultures flowing through their blue veins
Below in the pictures is just one such thread two's interpretation of being inspired by living in Africa and exploring several cultural roots. Termed Africa fauvistic design style, wildetecture , erxell, evokatism.
As a young artist, a creative designer in cape town, many, many years ago now. I had an ephiny artistic experience. I nievely took all my then complete oeuvre of artistic creative work to be viewed by a newspaper article talent type scout harvisting artists forum. All my senditive to me created in a vacuum artwork. Not ever really shared to anyone before. All grown outside of any established artistic framework and i foolishly magnanimously showcased it to this harvister artistic design creative forum. I believed at the time and nievly thought all creative artists are built with an idea we are an art piece awaiting our unique discovery. My work was going to be rawly discovered. Just a formality really. All those hours of capturing what i thought was my deep inner creative thoughts, onto paper. This process gives an artist a form of deranged arrogant egotistical crazy man mania. The foolish idea what you have to say will be actually important to others. All my then work from poetry, stories, architectural work and more laid infront of a design forum. I look back now and realise the artistic work i built up over much time was nothing really. Just a limited distilled creative vacuum grown artists closeted understanding of art. All my then work printed into an a4 bound booklet and proudly handed in to this esteemed design panel. Labeled "future techno perfect." I cant remember why i did that, i do remember feeling they going to love this hugely raw artistic creative portfolio. They where surely going to see my potentail raw creative artistic ability.
I didnt hear back from them for a very long while. So i started feeling very vulnerable. Like i made a huge mistake. I now wanted all my artistic junk back. So i went into the offices expecting a prodical artistic son has arrived home reception. Boy did i get a huge dose of mockery mirth artistic reality from the esteemed panel. I did manage to run out of there with all my printed work under my arm. Feeling like a complete spanked bottom, a highly embassased artistic tonsil. I remember running out of their feeling completely, utterly and totally gutted. I now have seen that gutted look many times in other creatives and artistically minded artists. I recognise its raw vulnerability in its naked form. When Simon Cowell says to the America has talent contestant, that they are terrible. That look in their eyes of thinking they had talent, but now are earthed rubbished publically causes me to go beetroot red. Every dream is all brought down publicly to, nope you actually really suck. Man do i go red in the face from sadness and huge embarrassment for them. People really love that stuff, they love to see the creatively arrogant artists laid out completely bare on the canvas. Its catnip to the masses. Performance art extraordinaire i say bully those with the guts to try artistically say something expressive.
Looking back now, For me this was a very humbling earthing experience. It was the very best thing to ever happen to me. Over time I resolved after much ego pride nonsense wound licking. To never ever put my art design creative work infront of cold fowl harvister forum design feet ever again. Validation is an internal artistic process first. Creativity, art, design is mostly subjective. My process changed from art being for you the public, to art being for me the individual. Which meant me as my own simon cowel critic. How ones work is received is secondary to the process of creating ones art. Well that necesary experience has allowed me to go artistically bos. Dabbling in several mediums of creative self expression. My art oeuvre is much thicker now. I go through bursts of doing wild creative stuff. Then im stagnant for a long while. I realise this is all a process of aligning ones own unique thoughts. The reaction to living this life has a creative output. Its unique to you, your experience is very much individual. I now know i dont need esteemed creative artistic design panels to remind me im completely barking mad. At times very self absorbed. I will never again make the mistake of putting my artistic process enjoyment of what i do in the opinions of others. Others will completely crush you and leave you as a husk on the artistic canvas. Its your absolute duty as a creative to get up all artistically bloody and bruised and tell S.C. you think his opinion is that of an old bitter smelly woman.
I just now need to validate myself. I believe that a creative itch scratched is better after the fact. An art work is best out than in. Express yourself creatively for yourself first. Most sensitive artists after realizing they suck in the eyes of the masses, immediately quit. Very fortunately for me, definetly not you. Im now not like most artists. Tsek bru, clear some space. Im coming through with an entire boat load of artistic junk. This wild Africa inspired thread two has much to say to himself. And im perfectly comfortable saying it. So the giggling behind the hands creative design panels can gafaw all they like. Validating yourself artistically is liberating. Dont wait for the harvister forum artistic pirates to cut strips from your hide. And if they do!! hang the plebesianites from the yardarm. Blue blistering barnicles and a bottle of rum.
