Creative Mind (2)
In my life I might have seen billions of images, I’ve seen hundreds of thousand of Art images include
the artistically well designed commercial products. And I met hundreds of artists. With a curiosity of
how those artists create their art, how they conceived the original image or idea. ( Secret of Creation)
It seems there are some distinctive types of creative mind and its mechanism and the tendency.
In most of the cases, there is the original image or real existence which inspired the artist.
The great artist, Pablo Picasso created many ( too many 😀 ) mind-boggling extraordinarily images,
yet he never created any new image. He only created new style to show the same subject.
Even heavily decomposed, deformed cubist paintings still maintain the image of the original subjects.
Same apply to Salvador Dali. Unless the clock with needle hands exist, his melted clock never appeared
in this world. ( Think if it was a digital clock with LCD face, the image couldn’t be so striking as we are
much familiar with funny shaped plastic products )
So, only pure abstract art deals with totally new image, still, what inspired Mondrian was the Japanese
house interior design which Bruno Taut brought to the attention of the west. And even looks like abstract
expression of Henry Moor’s sculptures still shows the woman as woman, unmistakably.
Yet still, some artist create utterly incomprehensible image which is not a result of random chance.
Some people are able to conceive pure image which seems to have no origin.
( Here I’m not talking about the twist of ordinary idea such as ” If the bloom handle is straight stick,
why not an useless twisted metal ” or ” If the public display has to be decent and acceptable, why not
smelly animal dung ” kind of idea ——- it’s still in the logic, only a negative process. Nothing new.)
I had chances to talk with those artists who create utterly incomprehensible images and found
they are not necessary aware creating strange image ” Ah, I just like it. It’s who I am ” —– ! ! !
It seems there is a completely different type of brain exists. Naturally they seemed to have very
different perception and the handling of their life style too. —— not necessary street-wise or
smart to sell their art, since they are neither a good communicator. ( often talks incomprehensible
though, the line on the palm indicating, the person got well developed brain )
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They are the person of True-Self as the one born to be = as the Dharma created. ——– So, would they
make an Enlightened person or at least good Buddhist ?
Good question, and this question signify the clear distinction What is the Buddhist.
——— Once, Master Dogen questioned ” If everybody born to have the Dharma within, why the past
Great Masters needed to have practice to get it ? ”
The small children are the angels, as they are so natural and innocent ——- as they are in their True Self.
So, the cliché was created. Of cause, it is only a nice flirtation and the myth. If it has even a shred of
viable significance, 99% of world population is the great artists and the Enlightened people, —— and
the Child Parliament with Child PM governing the country. ( Why not 😀 )
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True Self in the Buddhist term is not simply the self as a person happened to be born with.
It is the Self once denied Self. ( So, the process is much more important than the result —– in the first
denial, Selfish Ego and the Emotion would be eliminated. Hence, in the second denial when the Self was
revived, the Ego and Emotions are missing —– or came under the control. Self itself looks the same though )
T—
In the zoology, to define whether the particular animal can recognize the self / if the conscious
of SELF exist in them, scientist use a mirror to observe their behaviour. (If the animal can see a reflection
of him as him or the other animal —– and become aggressive or see behind of mirror etc )
Just to be the Self as he was born, is easy as all the animal is living in this way. But able to have the
conscious of Self and able to differentiate behavior ( control ) needs to have much evolved brain.
Control what ? Control, mainly the instincts, and suppress the emotion. Then able to do something
more complicated projects / preconceived plan with observation feed-back and judgments.
To control the behavior in order to have a harmony with environment, the observation of outer world is
of cause essential, and in the same time observation of the Self too. This is the Self-conscious.
So that the matter is if the one can detach the view-point and watch the Self from a distance, objectively.
But, this is nothing but a Self alienation. This Self alienation is the trade-off, necessary compromise to
survive in the social environment. Hence, we social animal / human being was forced to live with the watchful
eyes of the Self. Then, where is the estranged True Self, became a perpetual conundrum.
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In the Buddhism, the matter of Self and the Selflessness seemed to be a bit over emphasized because of
Buddha denied its existence in the first place, in order to differentiate with the popular Vedic teachings.
But, as I explained afore, the restrain of the raw Self / Ego is the basic rule to live in the society.
( So, we often use the expression ” Play a roll ” ( Away from being in the Self )
Even in a pack of the animal, pecking order (control of the greed ) or breeding right of the alpha-male
(control of the sexual desire) etc —— the denial of one’s Ego is the essential rules of the survival.
Buddhism is not asking the follower to do anything special —— just be a sensible member of the society.
Same apply to the Ten Commandments, it didn’t need to be given by the God. It exist long before the Myth
was invented. Otherwise the primitive society could be fallen into disarray and couldn’t be survived.
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Japanese language having one of the most complicated honorific expression system.
How polite, has to be exactly matched to the social scale —- too polite to a junior person mean blunt despise.
( Even a man of respectable position in his forties could lose the trust in just one word . —— I still regret
a word to my professor when I was 25 —— even if it was meant to be a joke )
So that, it is very easy to assess the quality of the person (and their up bringing / family ) just see the wording
in a letter or listen the tongue. —- trouble is, the person may not aware the situation and what he is speaking.
Here, the clear eyes to see the Self and the reference data to judge the situation is essential.
Yet True Self is ever more reclusive.
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Super Natural POWER (?)
There is a popular misconception, the religion has super natural power. Or super natural vision
can reveal the truth. If such claim is in the market, of cause it is only a spin to sell dubious products.
Same as ” Use this special formulated cream, you will become Hollywood beauty at once”.
If such claim has any substance, all the population in the world should be the Holly Man now
and never had war or mass killing. And the Amazon natives who said to have “Vision” by the
hallucinogenic chemicals from the magic vine, shouldn’t have marginalised.
I never hard any positive contribution from the Vision made by drugged brain or the people. (Have you ?)
Russian government had spent millions of money to research those Para-normal power for
military, espionage purposes without single positive result.
Yet still, everybody knows something is still there and I too believe now. (with my 8150 story)
Though, the trouble is they are beyond the human control. We can not resort it to the intentional purpose.
( I still couldn’t figured out how my parents could able to predict somebody’s fate, and what is behind of
Chinese I-Chin)
Yet still, the Power over there, what Buddhists calls Dharma is active and makes no mistake.
This is my understanding, some may calls it my belief and religion.
So, What ?
99th POST / Seal of Approval ?
It is a bad habit of an ex-sociologist. Just watching the ongoing phenomenon and analyzing, try to see
if any tendency or peculiarity persists in this blog here ?
Stumble to my blog, the people type search terms then it may link up to my blog, end up here.
( Wittingly or unwittingly. 😀 ) —— Lots of people were misled by the Googled list “xxxxxDo” which
was intended to represent Ken-dou, Aiki-dou, Sa-dou kind of practice, but seemed to be mistaken as
a hard-core porn site ——- must made them hugely disappointed. 😀
The most peculiar search term and a person end up here was ” Trespassing Buddhism ” How interesting !
This suggests, either the Google’s automatic key-word linking program defined me as a trespasser or
somewhere in the Net, there is someone’s description talking about this blog as a trespasser.
———- In certain extent it may be true.
After I left the gate of Eihei-Ji Temple, I never asked any monk to lead me through the path-way.
( Even though in many occasions, I questioned them of their teachings Why ? But I found no Master.)
So, I had taken practices to attain Mushin myself while observing how the brain works with it.
So that, I might have parachuted to the sanctuary of the Zen, without coming through the traditional
path-way or front gate. Thus any monk found me standing in the sanctuary wearing flashing LED
Disco Pants, must thought I’m an intruder. 😀 Though, it was just an arrogance of them who is thinking
they are ” The establishment, monopolizer of the Buddhism “.
But ( I use a metaphorical words I’ve used somewhere else before ) Room A’ is not a monopolized
sanctuary, it is the open space as the Mahayana Buddhism stands. —— Any how Room A’ has no wall
or roof, easy to come with parachute. Ha ha ha 😀
From the state of Mushin, I started to walk the path-way back ward, like a Reverse Engineering
to see how the system works and why the engineer has designed it in this way.
So, why Buddha and the past Master had to teach in this way ? — Luckily the hard ware / the Human is still
the same Human as in the time of Buddha, having same nerve system, brain structure and same physiology,
therefore the phenomenon which Buddha had observed, could be reproduced and analyzed today.
And of cause, those observation in the 21st century have to be explained in the knowledge of 21st century,
otherwise it wouldn’t convince the people today. —— Buddhism is not just an ancient wisdom and
can not stay like an ancient wisdom. In deed, Buddhism is not an ancient mystery, but it is a
finely tuned technique to re-program the human subconsciousness and its perception.
As Buddha ordered to his disciples, we too have to think ourself, but as a man in the 21st century.
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After I started this blog, when the Broadband
malfunctioned, the Dashboard failed to show
stats’ graph, instead, the space showed its
Flash Player’s plug-in URL ( Photo left ).
Seeing this URL, I was shocked like hit by a lightning.
” Good Heavens, 8150 again. Buddha is watching this blog. There is no escape” ——-Since then,
I’m still alive, didn’t get cancer like others who betrayed me and able to keep blogging in the same way,
and here, a significant mile-stone 99th post.—— its mean, it was not a warning shot or a halt.
( I wouldn’t go to ” It is a seal of Approval ” though —- it might be. Otherwise why Dharma bothered this ? )
Please read a post ” Confidence to be Here “. This 21st Century interpretation of Zen is right.
Hence Dharma and Buddha is watching us. ( Me and you, who is reading this as well)
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PS: —————–
( Unfortunately, this 8150 is my last conundrum, this is the last mystery which I couldn’t find 21st Century
explanation —— it’s just following me / yet still, other than Dharma, who else could do this ——- ? ? ?
As a matter of fact, until I saw this 8150 sign appeared in my URL in Youtube and here, I was a bit skeptic
about the implication, as it could be just a coincidence though, Youtube and this Blog URL are not random
occurence, but specifically belongs to me. I was convinced that they are the intentionally targeted sign.
Around the Buddhism, there are hundreds of recorded mysterious stories, though there was no convincing
explanation ever given, and non in any mantra, even Buddha gave no answer —— still everybody
knows, it is exist ——- it is nothing but a headache though, have to accept if its comes and this might
be the sign of my Karma and the duty which was assigned to me to do, and why I was born. )
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PPS: I haven’t explained here, what 8150 mean. If you are interested, please click a category above,
8150 Story and scroll down to ” Is Dharma communicating us ? ”
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True SELF
While ago I’ve stumbled an interesting blog site of a Japanese artist.
Her site ” ciharukaido. wordpress.com ” showing not only her art
but in fact everything, from poetry to food ——-.
And when I put a comment to an amazing sculpture
” La geometrie du coq” 2007 ( Photo left ) she replied
” Sometimes your hand would tell you what you
want, rather than thinking ”
——– this is the remarkable words from such young artist.
Among the so-called artists, not all of them reached to the level,
able to conceive the idea in the depth of subconsciousness.
( Lots of them just manufacture it in the process of thinking ——–what is new, what is in fashion,
how to make it looks sensational etc, choosing, improvising from the existing knowledges )
Yet still, some of them are able to do it almost unconsciously with their intuitive imagination, and some are
aware of the difference between the conscious and unconscious process of creation, such as Ciharu here.
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Amazingly, but not surprisingly, this is the same situation of the Mushin ( Selflessness ) and
awareness of the True Self in the Buddhism.
( Incidentally, this is also the same thing to the Wu-wei ( Mu-i in Japanese ) in the Taoism, which
was remarkably adopted as the name of new theme in the WordPress Blog design.)
It is no doubt, in many philosophies and the religions, the matter of True Self is the main subject, yet to
some people it is not a subject to seek or debate, but naturally being there.
So, it is no wonder, the art created by this Chiharu Kaido has strange indescribable impact as if it was
a long forgotten memory or genetic vague memory of far far ancestor. ( So, we say ” I lost word ” )
( Since it was expressed direct from her subconscious without involving linguistic notion / thinking, neither
the viewer can catch clear notion but strange impact of what she felt——eroticism out of word and the time )
This is the sample of the artistic communication between the two subconsciousness.
( If you can see and feel, this is it. ———- If not, forget it 😀 )
So, to be an artist, to be in the true self is an advantage, though whether its Self is compatible with
society is the totally different matter. They may not aware social convention or responsibilities etc.
The artist I’ve talked about, has just disappeared without delivering the piece, even though it was
paid in advance. (Some said, never trust artist, only give a money in exchange with the piece 😀 )
Seems it is true.
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SELFLESS (MUSHIN) in Daily Life
All about Buddhism, is the practice of Doing. Not in the Thinking.
On the time of Buddha, Buddha’s life style was the practice to follow and copy.
To copy how to handle the things, what to do, from Buddha’s own style was of cause, imperative.
In Buddha’s time there was no Mantra of cause. Therefore, other than listening his fascinating talking,
anything else was just repeating same practice = Daily Life / without questioning or talking.
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This was the reason how the tradition of pilgrimage started.
Since Buddha was no longer with them, they wanted to feel real environment or back ground of the act, where
Buddha has found the truth or taught truth, as the truth comes through act, not from the knowledge alone.
———- And those traditions are still alive, such as in a Zen Temple, everything carried out
without a word or explanation but just copying senior monk’s doing. —— Do the Same.
And all the Zen originated Japanese art practice, include Martial Art has been taught by just copying
and perfecting exactly the same movement of the Master, which was regarded to be
the way (Path way, Road = Dou) to reach Enlightenment (Satori).
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And this was how Buddha’s Teaching was kept 200 years after his Nirvana, without written Mantra.
( Hence, to believe the power of Mantra itself, such as Dharani of Tantrism is not Buddhism )
Just carrying out same simple daily life without talking, lead to attain the practice
without thinking = Mushin ( and naturally without SELF), hence it would lead to attain
Life ( in general ) in Mushin ——— hence to attain Enlightenment and Nirvana.
( You see Buddhism is not complicated at all )
Complication only started to appear when professional monk try to theorize and glorifying the
Buddhism. Though, to explain invisible subconsciousness and the Dharma was almost impossible task.
And end up 3000 Mantras. As ancient Buddhists didn’t have single Mantra, yet managed to attain
Enlightenment was, just by those simple practices ——- not by word or thinking.
In deed, thinking is completely opposite of MUSHIN. MUSHIN.is Just Do It.
SELF in the ART—-(Letter to my friend)
( This was a Letter I wrote to my Artist Friend —-edited extract)
Dear Artist
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————————- The art as a career is totally different matter from the art itself.
To my eyes, Art education in this country is utterly fraud. In education general, all the teachings and the
training is for its profession. Except art education. Art education is giving the utterly useless, unsalable
” knowledge” “Methodology of thinking” and a dream of possibility, irrelevant to the profession.
( Unfortunately Art doesn’t come from thinking ——- Thinking can be taught objectively, but not the Art )
Any profession stands on its specialized skill and expertise, and this skill is the basis to produce
salable commodities. ——– But it is impossible to give any guaranty with their teachings, school has to say
” Regardless the skill, good art sells. ——Fine, good blessing, show me the sample. Which art, Who ?
No such things in the market. Except, Exceptional Exception. (May be less than 100 in the world, which
I can not even name who. ( I wouldn’t count Jeff Koons. His art is a fraud. It is just the product design
of novelty goods. I have seen much fancier Chinese room accessories in fraction of fraction of cost )
Simple answer is ” Would Jeff Koons himself buy his piece and want to put in his room ?” Do you think so ?
——— To see the facts, you may look into the graduate alumnus list, who is still active as an artist and
able to sell the art pieces. On the end, it’s not the matter of the education but what the person has worked.
Creativity come from one’s subconscious imagination, not from school. In another word, can be done by
oneself but has to be done by oneself. As hard as one worked, the fruits would be accordingly. (With luck !)
In one’s life, what proportion this luck plays, is proportional to how hard the person worked
——– which, I found so far. Only a knack to capture this luck is, to be open-minded and passive
——– its mean, be active on your part but passive to see and listen to others. ( It is, for the artist,
hard to do in practice, yet, it is typical paradox in the life —— having self-confidence is not the
same to be arrogant and egotistic )
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I’ve seen pretty good artistic art, though ——- then think, Does anyone want this in his room ? or
even in his garden ? ( while parting so much so money )
Only the place, such piece can sit would be an Art Museum, though it is a bit short of Museum standard.
That is why, its need to be an exceptionally good art, and only 100 in the world can produce it.
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In sociological view, Art Education and the Community Art Program etc are for a part of social engineering.
It is a Redistribution of Wealth for the outsider of the social hierarchies. Since, the value of the Art is a
” Emperor’s new cloths” prize can be given to anybody ( just make a person to feel “Recognized” and Happy
—— otherwise this person may become a social problem or Anti-Anything-Activist.)
( Am I too cynical ? —— read as a satire or joke. Ha ha ha 😀 )
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As you know, that’s why I’m not saying I’m doing Art. —— I say, I’m making something useless for my fun.
Yet, some likes it saying, it impressive. If it looks like Art, it is just a coincidence in their eyes which I don’t
know why or don’t care.
———- But this must be the strongest stance to be an artist.
Since the art is the communication between two subconsciousness.
If the sender, artist can transmit the notion / massage which perceived in his subconsciousness, it would
be received straight by the other’s subconsciousness. As it doesn’t involve rational filter of thinking
its communication is direct and most powerful. Which people describes “Impressive”.
So, to a piece of conceptual art, people says “Interesting” and forget next day.
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Though I’m not implying, I’m transmitting such deep notion / massage.
Though, I’m definitely making jokes —— of which the jokes derived from deep human psych, almost
physiological level / instinctive emotion. ” As I feel so, therefore others feel so too” Ha ha ha 😀
Here the deepest core, stripped naked, even down to the skeleton level of the Who I am, is the matter.
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With a vague understanding of this phenomenon, art critics ( who is not psychologist but just a person
who got pedantic silver tongue to deal with media / most important expertise to be a critics) said,
” When real personality (not one’s style) prevailed and start to freely flourishing,
it is the accomplishment of one’s art”
———This “real Personality” is nothing other than “the SELF” in the Buddhist term.
Which is the core of the Buddhism but the most awkward subject, of which even 2500 years after
Buddha, still we couldn’t clearly elucidated.
( In fact, even Buddha himself took short cut “Don’t bother, no such thing like SELF existing / It’s a false
understanding, nothing but a delusion.”
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To express “Real Personality”, in other words ” True SELF” from the depth of one’s subconsciousness is
not the same to expose one’s privacy like Tracy Emin dropping her pants. It was just a sheer
misunderstanding of this (What really exposed there was ” She got a kind of Ego and Greed which she
wouldn’t care to drop the pants, as long as it sells —– in deed, her genitals could no longer called “Secret”)
Or, for the woman, the genitals is The SELF ? It must be a controversial question.
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Some artist couldn’t hide their SELF from the start, like Edvard Munch or Van Gogh. So that it took different
path to establish as an artist (or to be recognized).
——— In my eyes, you got enough skill and pretty good perception to see the things or yourself.
Though I’m not sure whether you got good knowledge to put them into a nice package —– to sell —–
(mind you I’m not talking about picture-frame, but such as what kind of group to be associated with or
how to organize the pieces as a series to give stronger impact, how to create distinctive peculiarity
to your style. ———- I remember the impressive animation you created ——- the perception to
conceive such approach and the way to materialize image is a crucial skill to work such as CM planner or
art director in the advertizing field. Artistic creativity is not confined in just like painting or sculpture etc.
Good artistic intuition is the sought after talent in the advertizing, publishing or today’s web-design field.
Good CM or Advertisement catch the people’s instinct, persuasion / text comes after the impact of eye catch.
In deed, this field is the field of intuitive art. That’s why they even employ the psychologist.
You got quite wide selection to spread your wing in deed.
Think about. Open the door and have look wider field.
———– Return me your thoughts.
CUPIDON by KINETORORI
Well, KINETORORI is my Email name. As Youtube is now own by Google, to have an account there I
needed to use the same User name. (This is to avoid Spam and Fraud. —— it’s no use to defraud fake person)
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On the time of Rickshaw Gallery Exhibition, I’ve shot video image of my work / Cupidon. And I was going
to put it to this blog though met some technical complication. I found it is easier to put it into Youtube first
and embed its URL into this blog.
But, when I put it to Youtube, the URL appeared as —– http://~~~_0518Q_AZ-o (you can see this on top
of the screen, and about this number, please refer to a post “ Is Dharma Directing Us ? “ )
I was shocked ” Oh dear, Buddha seemed to hate this ”
—— so, instead, I put still photo above which doesn’t blow-up condom. 😀
(If you click a link, you may see the moving image and URL in there )
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Then next morning, I saw some junk mails and one of them was from UNISEF asking support to help
children in Africa. And I noticed their phone number is 0800 158 3694. And I felt again ” Oh dear ” but
this time I took this sign to ” I should do the donation to them “.
How the same group of the number 8150 making Positive or Negative response ?
It is in the subconscious intuition.
It would be OK for the Cupidon to blow-up condom at an Art Exhibition as the visitors may not connect the
piece and maker to the Zen Buddhism 😀
Though this blog is about Zen Buddhism. The same joke would seemed gone too far, therefore it was a halt.
If we were notified ” I’m watching you ” it’s even herder to go against the common sense. (Be a good boy 🙂 )
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The Exhibition at Rickshaw Gallery was happened just as a coincidence as I met the owner of Gallery at
the Royal British Sculptor’s Society. Then at the Private View of Rickshaw Gallery, I met the owner of
another Gallery / Unit-24, just round a corner of the Tate Modern , and she invited me to exhibit in her Gallery.
Everything has happened just as a sheer coincidence, but what so ever,if I were invited, I just accept and
deliver at my best (Most of my works are pretty jokey, so, they may not necessary an Art which I don’t care
—– still definitely they make the people to smile and they like good joke.)
May be Buddha likes me to make people smile, it would be a cool breeze in this harsh Samsara,
hence he is making those coincidences.
So, just be here natural as we are. And follow the natural flow of occurrence.
Don’t think too much and struggle.
Its good to be a Buddhist. Don’t you agree ?
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Eroticism ? —– Virtual Woman
Photo left is a kinetic sculpture titled ” Virtual Woman”.
The wire mesh torso which rotates X and Y axis like
a computer 3D cage design, hence its title.
Before this, I made three nude figures using same
material and technique.
Despite of those nude figure (I mean female nude)
having supposed to be ideal proportion and curvy
contour, strangely it doesn’t look erotic.
My friend who got quite a taste of female body (but not empty kind) said, ” Very sensuous but not sensual “.
Wondering ” Why I couldn’t create erotic figure ? ” I made most blatant one, which is just an open-leg
part of the torso, expecting to see literally naked eroticism.——— Yet the result was far from erotic.
The reaction of female Artist friend was ” Your piece is too strong as a sculpture, leaving no margin to play
with erotic imagination ” ——- ” Thank you very much” ——– ? ? ?
———- Yes, eroticism lay in its suggestive subtlety, not naked exposure of ” Thing”, otherwise
gynecologists can’t do their business. If it is the case, where this human eroticism came from ?
The Neuroscientists / Human sexologist call this ” Brainization of the sex” (not sure about this English
translation, as I read about this in Japanese book long time ago).
It is not from the sexual instinct, as the imagination in the brain needs the source from out side.
So that, the Boys and Girls build up their Erotic Image Library which is influenced by the Mass-Media, some
became obsessed by the size of boobs others are slim leg etc, and some are even become Anorexia.
Without the accumulation of the original data, we can not imagine anything. Still, we have the curiosity as
even a child has. ( This curiosity is at least Sexual Instinct, which must be the relics of the lost program )
With this curiosity, we build up own collection of sexual data bank. Hence everybody got different one.
But this is nothing but the evidence of ” We are born without complete sexual instinct “
And as its imagination was made up in the brain, it is not far from the delusion or obsession
(When a particular thought was associated with certain Emotion and when this connection become
subconscious routine, it is the Obsession. For example such as the word ” Phallic”, some people
instantly associate the certain shape of object with sexual connotation.)
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But the trouble (?) in my case is not the perception, but the way of expression —— way to make the shape.
One of my friend who knows my celibacy which started 23 years ago, teased me ” As you are a dried up
person, you couldn’t distinguish subtle juiciness of the body shape, you can’t express succulent eroticism ”
” Oh, c’mon, what kind of death sentence is it ?” And he said “But it might be your advantage, as you
can handle and see otherwise messy slimy subjects, in perfectly cool, objective manner, people feel you
are a safe, harmless man” ——- ” M m m, is it good things ? to a man who is still believing live and kicking ”
” May be its a trade-off to be a Zennist isn’t it, by which you have your peace of mind, I still have a headache
of my wife, Ha ha ha 😀
——— So it was certified that, me to make nude figure is harmless and safe to the society. 😀
( And, I can continue experiment and research how our creativity and the perception works.)
As a matter of fact, it has been used on the stage play directed and designed by
my friend Francesco Pestori, titled O-Project.
(and I took part of it acting as a life creating Scientist. It was a fun. ! ! ! 😀 )
PS: This Virtual Woman alongside the Cupidon (pull the arrow and blow up condom) and
motorized Wire Dinosaur would be exhibited at the Rickshaw Gallery,
opposite of Southwark Station (Jubilee Line), opening 27th May, evening PV (6:00~9:00)
If you are interested to have a fun, please come and meet them.
PPS: The Moving Image of this VIRTUAL WOMAN can be seen in Youtube / Google [kinetorori]
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SELF and PHOTO II
There was rather interesting story behind of previous post “Find the SELF by your Camera”.
Many years ago, I gave the photographic training to a young photographer to become professional.
After staying this country while taking my tuition he went back Japan and came back with 6 months worth
of photos which he piled up for various subjects.
While reviewing those photos, I made them into 4 groups according to his mental state then, to show
without conscious how our eyes and the way to photograph change. He was horrified with its accuracy.
How do I know and how the photo shows such differences.
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As we have a sense to sniff out the atmosphere, we can see it even in a photograph in one grance.
It is the matter of how we can open the mind and able to expose the sensory of subconscious,
which is what people calls sixth sense.
Atmosphere of the place change moment to moment, and at what moment the photographer click,
makes the difference. The professionals can, not only able to capture its moment, but also know the
way to enhance or exaggerate it. This is how they can stay in business while derivering a requirement.
Yet still the result may be influenced by the mental state of him as well.
When photographer hunting around something interesting image, his interest, knowledge or taste would
be exactly appeared in the photos. ———– One occasion, I and a female editor of a Japanese magazine
went to a famous antique market (after the assignment had completed).
While seeing and photographing mountain of curious objects and people I noticed, this middle-aged
editor got strange taste, not only photographing old or looks somewhat miserable person, but always
stop the eyes onto peculiar metal object such as tools or surgical instruments or funny shaped Victorian
ceramic toilet utensils.—— ? ? ? —– I asked her “You got quite peculiar taste, is it related to SM (Sado-
Masochistic) practice or fantasy ?” She blushed red and said “How did you know” “Its bloody obvious”.
———- When aforesaid young photographer faced this analysis he said “Oh, no, I became too
conscious, I can’t take picture any more” ” What ? Waite a moment, Photography was your
self-expression, wasn’t it ? So, whats wrong to show your SELF ?”
To express a part of SELF which he want to show off is OK, but without his conscious, something
leaking out is not well come ———– Human being is a very self-conscious egoistic animal. 😀
Even if the person is well aware, ” I’m doing shady” yet still captured by CCTV and face the evidential
photo ” This is you in a shade” is hard to swallow.
So, to be a good Buddhist, first of all, either clean the act or accept “I’m not clean person” and make up
the mind to accept the consequence.
———– Though, live in the dirt is not necessary too bad, you know. 😀
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