Much to the frustration of my school teachers, I sought to understand relationships and events through journeys of dream and the imagination. My mind was prone to wandering which was nourished by intense childhood experiences. Perhaps because of deep-seated need, I will not let things go until I reach a point of completion.
It seems I have a paradoxical nature: I am easily distracted, and yet utterly absorbed by a single task.
My son asked whether I view art as a means of exchanging knowledge.
In my desire to understand I search for ways to put things simply. It has taken a day to consider my response which I think is as true for art created by one person as by many.
I view art as a means of connecting one world with another. I prefer this to it being considered 'a means of exchange'. My experience of art is more than the acquisition of facts, information and skills.
I do not generally present comments beside those artworks I publish. Although this approach does not benefit my ego which is in constant search of affirmation, it allows what I say to speak for itself and for you, the viewer, to pause a little longer with your own unencumbered thoughts and feelings.
The greatest price of untangling my work from self-interest is that I limit the tremendous pleasure and gain I enjoy when talking with others.
William Shakespeare
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Think This Today is the creation of Mike de Sousa, an artist, writer, and composer.