Art Blog - Art & Aesthetics

Here are my thoughts about abstract art and this piece that I created with watercolor pencils. When the eye sends light signals to the brain, those impulses goes through the Lateral Geniculate Nucleii to the visual cortex (the projection screen in the back of the head) which then routes the signals back to the LGN via the information processing channels of the "subconscious" including memory, associations, personality and all other so-called intentional states of mind like beliefs and desires which are extensions of the intellect and emotions, and which account for things like empathy and spirituality in art and religion. Without this perceptual feedback, the owner of the brain cannot recognize the image before his eyes… Continue reading… 6 comments

Color has a dual-personality: It is light and it is pigment. When we see a certain color, we are actually seeing the wavelength of light which is not absorbed by that pigment. The eye is most sensitive to yellow-green light, but it also makes "warm" colors like red seem to advance towards the viewer while "cool" colors like blue recede. The "warm-cool" labels are arbitrary. They could just as well be classified as "loud-quiet" or "emotional-intelligent." They are as psychological as Kate Kiernan's "Abstraction #4" is compelling. Colors can affect physical reactions: the color red can speed the heart, and yellow may increase metabolism, but these are just common effects of any novel stimuli… Continue reading… 6 comments