{"id":167873,"date":"2019-08-30T11:35:07","date_gmt":"2019-08-30T18:35:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/erickimphotography.com\/blog\/?p=167873"},"modified":"2019-08-30T12:12:23","modified_gmt":"2019-08-30T19:12:23","slug":"where-does-the-impetus-to-create-art-come-from","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/erickimphotography.com\/blog\/2019\/08\/30\/where-does-the-impetus-to-create-art-come-from\/","title":{"rendered":"Where does the impetus to create art come from?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

A question on my mind:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Where does our initial impetus to create art come from?<\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n

For example a lot of older Freudian philosophers assume that the urge to create art is sexual; creating art as procreation (of your own children). This might be plausible, but there must be more to it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I cannot speak for others, but let me try to best describe where I think I get my personal impetus to create art from:<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n

1. Witnessing beauty or a pose <\/h2>\n\n\n\n

I was with Cindy last night and saw her just sitting on a chair on her laptop with her arms folded around her body. I wanted to capture that gesture which I found beautiful and elegant. I did a quick sketch on my iPad with zen brush 2 app, trying to highlight her two arms and legs:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Then adding the “O” for her head, and trying to sketch her other leg:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Then trying to simplify the image, getting rid of her other leg:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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I felt satisfied with the final image, so I stopped making iterations to the image. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Below you can see the evolution of images:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The process of iteration reminds me of Picasso’s bulls:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Note the process of deconstruction:<\/p>\n\n\n\n