Comments for BJ Parady Fiber Arts and Notes http://bjparady.com/blog Why and How I do what I do Fri, 17 Feb 2012 03:23:32 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 Comment on Abstract or Abstracted by Sheila Barnes http://bjparady.com/blog/2012/02/13/abstract-or-abstracted/#comment-225 Sheila Barnes Fri, 17 Feb 2012 03:23:32 +0000 http://bjparady.com/blog/?p=999#comment-225 Science says that the info coming through our eyes to our brain really makes no sense at all. It is the brain's job to make the best guess it can as to what it is seeing, including how close it is and what an object might be - even when no object actually exists. So for me this explains why I too spot images in an otherwise imageless piece of cloth (or in the cracks of a stone or the texture of tree bark - the list goes on). It's my overactive brain trying its best based on past information to decipher and match up the information coming in with what it already knows. And yes, once I spot something, it is all I can see after that. I've decided that is a lot of what I do with my art - take something that I can see images in and then enhance them so others can see them too more easily. It's not all I do, but it happens quite a bit. Science says that the info coming through our eyes to our brain really makes no sense at all. It is the brain’s job to make the best guess it can as to what it is seeing, including how close it is and what an object might be – even when no object actually exists. So for me this explains why I too spot images in an otherwise imageless piece of cloth (or in the cracks of a stone or the texture of tree bark – the list goes on). It’s my overactive brain trying its best based on past information to decipher and match up the information coming in with what it already knows. And yes, once I spot something, it is all I can see after that. I’ve decided that is a lot of what I do with my art – take something that I can see images in and then enhance them so others can see them too more easily. It’s not all I do, but it happens quite a bit.

]]> Comment on Abstract or Abstracted by BJ Parady http://bjparady.com/blog/2012/02/13/abstract-or-abstracted/#comment-224 BJ Parady Mon, 13 Feb 2012 22:41:07 +0000 http://bjparady.com/blog/?p=999#comment-224 I knew that. Ha. Thought about including you, but didn't want to run on any more...And I'm glad we play well together. I knew that. Ha. Thought about including you, but didn’t want to run on any more…And I’m glad we play well together.

]]> Comment on Abstract or Abstracted by Ann Titus http://bjparady.com/blog/2012/02/13/abstract-or-abstracted/#comment-223 Ann Titus Mon, 13 Feb 2012 21:19:56 +0000 http://bjparady.com/blog/?p=999#comment-223 I'm in the other camp:) But I'm glad the camps are adjacent to each other. I’m in the other camp:) But I’m glad the camps are adjacent to each other.

]]> Comment on Foto/Fiber 2012 by Virginia A. Spiegel http://bjparady.com/blog/2012/02/07/fotofiber-2012/#comment-222 Virginia A. Spiegel Fri, 10 Feb 2012 14:06:05 +0000 http://bjparady.com/blog/?p=991#comment-222 BJ - Thank you for sharing your talents for this good cause! BJ – Thank you for sharing your talents for this good cause!

]]> Comment on You may not see Rothko in this…. by Sheila http://bjparady.com/blog/2012/01/30/you-may-not-see-rothko-in-this/#comment-219 Sheila Thu, 02 Feb 2012 04:13:23 +0000 http://bjparady.com/blog/?p=985#comment-219 I bought a book on Rothko because his work reminded me so much of traditional quilt patterns. I was horridly disappointed in his work, so boring. I thought I was just missing the stitching a quilter would put on such plain designs. But your explanation of the difference seeing the work in person makes so much sense - I know that to be true! Love your last paragraph - I've been collecting quotations about this very thing and will be sharing them soon on my blog. I bought a book on Rothko because his work reminded me so much of traditional quilt patterns. I was horridly disappointed in his work, so boring. I thought I was just missing the stitching a quilter would put on such plain designs. But your explanation of the difference seeing the work in person makes so much sense – I know that to be true!

Love your last paragraph – I’ve been collecting quotations about this very thing and will be sharing them soon on my blog.

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