Darwin to Adelaide River: through the windscreen There is a fierce poetry in that endlessness. Beneath the bleached brilliance of the open sky, the red earth anchors every twisted root, holding fast through the blur of travel. The scrub does not change its rhythm for those merely passing through; it simply continues its ancient, sprawling conversation with the sun, vast and untameable, stretching onward to the far edges of the earth. Be Creative and Innovative with Knowledge John Bennett - AKA JJFBbennett , is an independent artist. You can view and subscribe to my work via Blogger , YouTube , Flicker , Facebook , Instagram and Deviant Art . Subscribe to JJFBbennett's private FB hub: https://www.facebook.com/share/g/18ythpSXPZ/ You can subscribe to my music via YouTube Music , Spotify , iTunes, Apple Music and Soundcloud To support my art, feel free to donate via JJFBbennett through PayPal If you want to acquire JJFB's art creations as...
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Modernist art and idealised reality
When you look at abstract art, you filter it through your own beliefs and experiences. Your perception turns the artwork into a visual puzzle, shaped by your unique psychological makeup.
It is futile to ask what the artist intended, because you inevitably interpret the artwork through the lens of your own life. Bring your own perspectives when approaching modernist abstract art.
Modernist artists aspired to a universal, timeless harmony, pursuing the "supremacy of pure feeling." They demanded absolute sincerity, approaching the canvas as an idealised reality. Decades later, the world and art have evolved.
Modernist art and idealised reality
Looking through the Lens of Belief
Your core values and philosophical outlook dictate whether you perceive divine harmony or chaotic randomness in a composition.
Many pioneering abstractionists created art inspired by their spiritual beliefs, often expressing the unseen.
The artist’s worldview shapes the use of tension, balance, freedom, and restriction in the composition. The artist is always present within the work.
There is no objective validation of truth: If an artwork feels empty or lacking in meaning, let your beliefs interpret it, but do not expect universal validation.
Looking through the Lens of Experience
Your past joys, traumas, and memories act as filters, projecting familiar emotions onto unfamiliar forms.
Let a shape, texture, or line trigger memories of things you have encountered before.
Read about the artist and their contemporaries. Appreciating art is not just about discovery, but enrichment. Exposure to art, culture, and history builds a personal library of symbols and associations, helping you decode abstract patterns.
Remember, a person created the artwork. Imagine how you might have approached its creation and how you could make it your own.
The Intersection: Your Personal Mirror
You are a co-creator: Abstraction invites you to complete the artwork, with your beliefs and experiences supplying the final narrative.
Your response to abstract art can shift over time. What leaves you unmoved one day may deeply resonate with you on another, depending on your state of mind.
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Every stop is a story - Darwin to Adelaide River The Adelaide River Rupture (image to be uploaded - subscribe to be notified) The storm did not break over the Adelaide River plains; rather, reality tore open along the track. To the left, the familiar Top End landscape clung fiercely to its quiet melancholy. A lone gum tree stood sentinel over the charred scrub and dry earth, its leaves catching the last bruised light of a brooding wet-season sky. In the hollow below, the old fictional homestead crouched beside the rutted dirt road, enduring the heavy stillness that always settles before the atmosphere ruptures. Then came the tear. It began not with thunder, but with an overwhelming, luminous heat that shredded the grey overcast into molten ribbons. You could feel the vortex of raw energy sweeping through radiant ambers, searing cadmium oranges, and blinding celestial whites. The vortex descended like a folded dimension brushing against the earth. Where the atmospheric rift touch...
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