Cecil, what a nice surprise to get such a detailed — and fascinating — response to my question! Thank you. You didn't, however, answer the part of my question that wondered if the notion of your character that I've developed in response to your signature line has any basis in reality. Given your silence, I shall stick with it!
If you mean this part: "I see your line as highly energetic, ebullient, joyful even and imagine it as expressive of your personality and joie de vivre." Then, Thank you! Yes I like to hope it is reflective of my nature and that it shows my joie de vivre. But my spiritual practice the last few years is to maintain a stance of equanimity and personal balance the best I can which puts a bit of a damper on my outward expression of it except maybe in my art. But like one of my friend once told me "you are always having a party in your head." So yes, I enjoy life and I try to let Life express itself through me and Life, in it's infinite manifestations, is joy. So maybe it is not me but the joy of Life itself you are reading. That is what I hope comes through.
Excellent article again. My first thought was how when one is young (and many have done this) they practice their actual signature many times over to see how 'cool' it can be. I like that you referred to this style as a 'signature' and how different viewers will most likely interpret it so very differently than intended by the artist (as is true of all art and poetry). I know that my doodles rarely change styles as my pen or pencil on paper is so intuitive that I'm not thinking about it but about something else entirely (i.e. being on the phone, waiting on something, or having a blank mind at the time). Creating a specific balance in sculpture/assemblage is often subconscious/intuitive as the mind/eyes just know when something looks off/not right.
Practicing your signature. Yes I remember that. It is almost like a person's first conscious and truly personal expression in a way that has to be practiced over and over again until it feels authentic to you. This inspires me to make an article. I am going to ask ChatGPT to write an article about the history of the signature. Watch for that later.
Oh yeah, I'll bet you are right about that. Cool. I did notice that interview published. I haven't had time to look at it yet. Thanks for pointing that out Paul. I'll have to make a post pointing to it.
Cecil, what a nice surprise to get such a detailed — and fascinating — response to my question! Thank you. You didn't, however, answer the part of my question that wondered if the notion of your character that I've developed in response to your signature line has any basis in reality. Given your silence, I shall stick with it!
If you mean this part: "I see your line as highly energetic, ebullient, joyful even and imagine it as expressive of your personality and joie de vivre." Then, Thank you! Yes I like to hope it is reflective of my nature and that it shows my joie de vivre. But my spiritual practice the last few years is to maintain a stance of equanimity and personal balance the best I can which puts a bit of a damper on my outward expression of it except maybe in my art. But like one of my friend once told me "you are always having a party in your head." So yes, I enjoy life and I try to let Life express itself through me and Life, in it's infinite manifestations, is joy. So maybe it is not me but the joy of Life itself you are reading. That is what I hope comes through.
Excellent article again. My first thought was how when one is young (and many have done this) they practice their actual signature many times over to see how 'cool' it can be. I like that you referred to this style as a 'signature' and how different viewers will most likely interpret it so very differently than intended by the artist (as is true of all art and poetry). I know that my doodles rarely change styles as my pen or pencil on paper is so intuitive that I'm not thinking about it but about something else entirely (i.e. being on the phone, waiting on something, or having a blank mind at the time). Creating a specific balance in sculpture/assemblage is often subconscious/intuitive as the mind/eyes just know when something looks off/not right.
Practicing your signature. Yes I remember that. It is almost like a person's first conscious and truly personal expression in a way that has to be practiced over and over again until it feels authentic to you. This inspires me to make an article. I am going to ask ChatGPT to write an article about the history of the signature. Watch for that later.
What happened was you were featured in Collé yesterday, and I was fascinated by the examples of your work they included.
Oh yeah, I'll bet you are right about that. Cool. I did notice that interview published. I haven't had time to look at it yet. Thanks for pointing that out Paul. I'll have to make a post pointing to it.
Thanks Paul!
Cecil, it was so great to interview.
Thank you for taking the time work with us at Collé!
Next step - we would love to come to your studio and meet in real life…
That would be fun! and visa versa.