Akemi Ito Jul 4th, 5:00am Dear David- Your last message left me very inspired, As promised, the graphite line art for a Kabuki inspired drawing. I Hope you enjoy it. Ill transform this tonight into a stencil, around eight layers in A1 size. Again, thank you so much for the ongoing inspiration, its been a godsend. Its helped me through a very rough period- Ive just left an emotionally abusive relationship recently, art has kept me sane, healthy and whole, there is much to thank you for inspiring me to create, regardless of the outline I possess, youve taught me to fill it in for myself to my own design. I learn more about that idea every day. I occurred to me today that love is never about getting love, but moreso about giving it, forgiving yourself and others, and always trying to be a light to people in every interaction. When I was younger I would have done anything to have people love me but give them authentic, heartfelt love. Im kinda stupid like that, and a slow learner, but I am so grateful I am a learner, at whatever pace. Its funny, these things we know, but dont really know until we have the epiphany that makes them real- it seems that some Zero Dimensional ideas need a special experience or life breathed into them before they really become your ideas, or reflections on experience. For me theres always been a cycle of being in a chrysalis, emerging, having an avalanche of epiphanies, and them taking on another chrysalis. I think I might be very lucky like that. I think part of that luck comes from people like yourself feeding ideas into a form, like The Alchemy and sending them out into the world- I like the way Haruki Murakami puts it in Pinball 1973, herding monkeys, patting them on the bottom and setting them free. Ive got more ideas to make now than I had time, whereas before I had more time than ideas. It seems by sitting down and creating, the ideas flow, whereas by sitting down and thinking the ideas block up, and you find yourself starting to wonder how to get ideas. When I was much younger, I always wanted to write A Book. I never realized that it was more important to have a story you wanted to tell moreso than the desire to fill a pair of covers. When I had a story, the book came, well, as easy as a book can. It was never a terribly good book, and it didnt sell terribly well, but it was *my* book. A monkey Id patted on the bottom and sent out into the world. Art helps me so very much, I feel like, as Kevin Smith says of his films, that its just the way to start a conversation and has led me down some wonderful paths. Our little trio of artists that work together are all great lovers of The Kabuki books, I think weve all given away so many copies weve lost count. It remains one of the few books I read over and over and over, because, as you pointed out, each time I come to it, Im a slightly different me. Again, thank you for the inspiration, encouragement and support, i cannot explain just how much it means to me. I hope this finds you extremely well, hale and hearty, and you enjoy my little scribbling, Yours in Art, Akemi
Posted on: Mon, 07 Jul 2014 03:41:00 +0000
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