That Was a Wicked Woogle!

I’ve often been the type of artist who is completely misunderstood and I’m perfectly fine with that. People who aren’t “up” on the mixed media art scene would view my work and say, “I don’t understand what you’re trying to do.”

It wasn’t until I explained that there is no real reason for the piece, that it’s mean to evoke a “wow, that looks pretty cool” type of response that the majority of these people started to get it and started to admire what I do. That’s always interested me.

So now, I make it a point to point out that there really is no point.

I know, that’s confusing (a wicked woogle!!) . . . but it’s what’s confusing eventually what is understood the best? I don’t know if that’s your experience, but is certainly has been mine. Take my art journal, for example. If someone who didn’t view mixed media art on a regular basis, or create it for that matter, were to look at it they’d probably see a big mess . . .

. . . however, if I told them to look at it without scrutiny and allow the confusion to set in, they’d probably start to understand the piece a bit more. This is speculation, of course, and has only been experimented on with a handful of people.

Do you have problems being misunderstood by those around you who don’t really understand art and he art world?