Welcome to another installment of Blog Carnival, where an
International group of artists gangs up on a singular idea for your amusement
and edification. This month we probe the depths of artistic influence.
Many of our creative compadres will muse about Nature and
long walks on the beach, and all myriad other things that influence their
art. We, on the other hand, create in a
vacuum. We are influenced by Nothing.
Thus, we never assimilate an idea from another artist,
living or dead. We are wholly original and create totally new forms, concepts,
colors and designs that have never been seen on planet earth before.
We are deaf, dumb and blind to history, other cultures and
other avenues of artistic expression. We never employ any creative element or
idea that is from another peoples or place. Even though we have traveled the
world, we see nothing, retain nothing, employ nothing.
We are like sieves, our lives flowing freely through us,
while we are aware of only the correct and appropriate experiences to our race,
color, creed, religious and sexual preference. We fully respect that others of
our race, color creed, religious and sexual experiences could have had similar
experience before us, and thus have a prior claim on artistic influence. We
have purged all memory of our lives from our art.
We don’t “borrow” from nature. After all, this is just
another form of theft. We refuse to perpetuate the exploitation of nature for
the arts. Nor do we unconsciously steal ideas from other forms of creative
expression such as music, writing, vegan cooking or reality TV. Our art is
honestly created from nothing.
We have undergone extensive formal training in the arts.
Proudly, our many instructors and mentors have had absolutely no influence
whatsoever on us. We have never explored any of their ideas or followed along
any of the paths they have been on. Nor have we shared with others what was
taught to us.
We take the high road and remain pure unto ourselves. We’re
creators, not haters.
