Line Warp

This week I focused on stress, as a young-adult full time college student in this ever so changing era. Anxiety is always a factor within my life and as a person changes, our coping factors can vary as we grow. This is a common struggle that most of us face throughout our lives. Certain coping methods I have sampled still work but have been noticing the effectiveness has diminished. Equally, I am continuing my path deeper into the contemporary art world, I want to transition my life further as a whole.

Growth is a wondrous thing that can happen.

I began researching basic release methods in addition to what methods I haven tried in the past and currently use. Specifically with stress-releasing, creative outlet release methods. There are foundational tools to reflect on as an artist that are also efficient. These artist tools are a beneficial way to let go of these constant worries, a utility method to let go of those heavy mind-dwelling thoughts.

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The exercise I completed:

Focusing with making lines on a blank paper. Don't think about what you are attempting to accomplish. Let your hands do all the work and follow instinct. Keep it simple with whatever writing medium you choose. Stick with one or two colors of pens (markers, etc.), as you do not want to waste time on this distraction. The point is to be in the present. Focusing on simple lines, weights, and forms that will build up over time to fill out the page.

Do not attempt to strategize as to what your first ideals are, whether this derives from the conscious or subconscious. Focusing on this sole task will bring clarity and relieve the worry of what comes next within a creative procedure. Let your mind wander and play with anything that comes to you during, allowing experimentation, and emotional influences to express through. 

First Exercise Trial

Black ink only,

Another De-stress Option:

An additional release within art I like to include is whatever emotion, or sensations you are not capable to fully overcome. This could be as a label, category, or rather the feelings that distract you as multiples. In the beginning upon looking at the paper, throughout the creation, or at the final stage. It is whatever the individual(s) chooses within those moments of this tension and headache.

Second Exercise Trial

Black ink. Focused on simplistic lines with a hard edge.

Concentration of Color

Have you marveled at why we have favorite colors? There are a few causes of this; our brain will receive signals from colors and affects us subconsciously and consciously. This can be attributed with reactions or influenced/induced emotions from certain colors.

Each color has positive and negative viewpoints of reactions or symbolism, without realization this can influence our art styles and how we analyze the meaning of the work. Everything with the sensing of colors is based on each individual’s cultural backgrounds, experiences. This is in flux based on the colors employed in our environment and the context of the display.

Artists could use this to their advantage if taught the feelings due to a color in addition to the behavior leading from it. Aside from the artwork, this can further enhance our lives if utilized with the color’s intention and behavior. One thing that is important to assess, how this can influence our creativity and productivity.

Upon reading this I was beginning to think about how artists think, create, and produce. What makes an artist successfully complete this procedure? Why is this different from non-artists’ thinking and creating art?

A few studies have been conducted within similar research. The answer is due to a slight difference in brain function and structural linguistics. Scans have shown that there is more gray matter within our (artists) brains and causes a subsystem to be constantly active, even when resting.

Beyond that, there is no information as to why we can fixate on creating art while blocking out the rest of the universe. It's a progress that continually feeds itself gratification and forcing us to think in the near future, as in planning to some extent.

Check out these artworks that I created

with this intention in mind!

The Color of Life, Erin Kemper

Digital Work