Artists Visions Artists Voices

Artists talk about what beauty means to them. The artists of any society are the individuals with the long antennae; the keen sensing apparatus. By revealing to us their hearts and souls they give back to us a sense of our own humanity. Artists call attention to things. Whether showing you something you might have missed without him or reconfirming what you already knew, communication between artist and viewer brings two minds—and hopefully hearts, together. It brings through a vision, a viewpoint, a quality of seeing and being so we can all see and share in it. Everything a person makes, whether it is a meal, a flower arrangement, a home-run, or a work of art, reveals their consciousness. It is my hope that the artists’ work will be more meaningful to the viewer by having understood more how they feel and where they are coming from. Our eyes have become so full of constant imagery that almost out of necessity we have blocked off much of what we see, with the unfortunate consequence that we are losing the ability to understand what things mean. The other pitfall of course is that emotionally we might feel we can’t afford to enter into the pain of pure feeling…the kind of sense awareness that causes an artist to make a picture of a sculpture. It is my intention that these interviews will act as a bridge between artist and viewer; allowing the viewer to share more in the process, and the artists to share more of themselves.