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AWESOME WOMAN SMILING BY THE GREAT MASTER KNOX MARTIN

September 13 ·
TODAY THE ALPHA SEER WILL DISCUSS HOW TO APPRECIATE THE GREAT MASTERS IN HISTORY WITHOUT HAVING TO PARROT SOME SO-CALLED ART TEACHERS, ART CRITICS, OR MUSEUM DIRECTORS. ONCE AGAIN, ANY LEARNING HAS TO START WITH YOU, EVEN THOUGH THE INFORMATION MAY HAVE COME FROM ME. YOU MAY BEGIN BY GIVING YOURSELVES A CHECK-UP FOR THE FOLLOWINGS:
1. HAVE I KEPT MY EGO OUT OF THE WAY IN ORDER TO LEARN LIKE A CHILD,–AM I MALLEABLE AND VULNERABLE AT THE MOMENT OF LEARNING? AM I GENUINELY HUMBLE, AND HAVE I RECOGNIZED THAT THERE ARE STILL A THOUSAND THINGS IN THE WORLD THAT I KNOW NOTHING ABOUT?
2. AM I READY TO RECOGNIZE MY OWN POTENTIAL AND EMBRACE MY INTUITION AS MY BEST TEACHER?
3. AM I CONFIDENT ENOUGH TO EMBRACE MY OWN CREATIVITY, AND FINALLY,
4. AM I VIGILANT ENOUGH TO COMPARE NOTES, VIEWING CRITICALLY ONE COMPOSITION AGAINST THE NEXT?

EXAMINATION OF ART THROUGH VISUAL COMPARISON IS ALWAYS VITAL. SUCH EXAMINATION SHOULD INVOLVE THE FOLLOWING AREAS: THE STRENGTH OF LINES, THE STRENGTH OF FORMS, FLATNESS, BALANCE, RELATIONSHIP, GEOMETRY, COMPACTNESS, INVENTIONS (NOT GIMMICKS), BLACK AND WHITE.
IT IS TRUE THAT WE CAN ALL PRODUCE A LOVELY AUTOGRAPH. WHAT KINDS OF INGREDIENTS ARE THERE IN A QUALITY SIGNATURE, OR CALLIGRAPHY? IS THAT NOT A QUESTION YOU OFTEN PONDER? JUST AS OFTEN YOU ALMOST ALWAYS COME UP WITH AN ANSWER INTUITIVELY WITHOUT HAVING TO CONSULT ANYONE ELSE! SO THAT IS THE RESOURCE IN YOU THAT I NOW ASK OF YOU TO RELY ON. WHEN YOU ARE PARROTING THE OPINIONS OF OTHERS, YOU ARE NO LONGER BEING YOURSELF. IS THAT NOT TRUE? WHEN YOU FOLLOW THE TREND DRIVEN ON BY HERD INSTINCT AND A COWARDLY, OBEISANCE TO THE RULE BY MAJORITY, YOU ARE NO LONGER A FREE BEING GENUINELY EXERCISING FREE WILL, BUT A PITIABLE PUPPET, A GHOSTLY AUTOMATON IN THE VAST ANONYMOUS CROWD!
TO EXPAND THE ORIGINAL QUESTION FURTHER, YOU MAY NOW ASK WHAT KIND OF INGREDIENTS ARE THERE
IN AN EXCELLENT PIECE OF HANDWRITING. I HAVE A FEELING THAT SOMEHOW, YOU MAY ALREADY HAVE KNOWN THOSE CRITERIA, AND IT SEEMS REDUNDANT FOR ME TO REPEAT THEM. HOW DO THOSE CRITERIA GET INSIDE YOUR HEAD IS  ALWAYS A MYSTERY. FOR SIMPLICITY’S SAKE, JUST CALL IT A NATURAL GIFT, AND ACKNOWLEDGE IT AS AN INBORN ABILITY IN THE HUMAN BRAIN! THE ABILITY TO APPRECIATE CALLIGRAPHIC BEAUTY, GOOD TASTE FOR SHORT, IS UNIVERSAL IN THE HUMAN RACE. I AM QUITE SURE THAT THE CHIMPANZEES DO NOT HAVE THAT ABILITY, THAT SENSE OF BEAUTY. NEITHER WOULD IT RESIDE IN THE MIND OF A MENTALLY CHALLENGED PERSON. WHY? BECAUSE THEIR MENTAL ENERGIES ARE QUITE CHAOTIC IN THE FIRST PLACE.

THE NEXT STEP IS TO IMAGINE YOURSELF BEING TITIAN OR VELAZQUEZ, FOR THE PRESENT MOMENT. WHAT? YOU CAN’T DO THAT? THAT IS UNBELIEVABLE ! INDEED YOU CAN!!! JUST SUMMON UP ENOUGH CONFIDENCE FOR IT. NOW IMAGINE YOU ARE TAKING UP A BRUSH AND DECIDE TO PAINT SOMETHING THAT WILL, APART FROM ACHIEVING PERSONAL FAME, ALSO ACHIEVE GREATNESS AND IMMORTALITY,– SOMETHING THAT WILL GO INTO THE POSTERITY AND TO LAST AS LONG AS CIVILIZATION ITSELF. IF THAT IS MY AIM THEN SOME SERIOUS CHECK-UPS ARE IN ORDER. WOULD THAT BE COLOR? NO! WOULD THAT BE THE ASSOCIATING NARRATIVES? NO!  GIMMICKS?  NO! WOULD THAT BE THE INFLUENCE OF PHILOSOPHY? OR PERHAPS THE INFLUENCE OF RELIGION OR BELIEF?  A MESSAGE TO YOUNG PEOPLE? THE MEANING OR PURPOSE OF LIFE? NONE OF THE ABOVE REALLY COUNTS, YOU SAY. NONE OF THOSE ABOVE  CAN  REALLY MAKE A WORK OF ART IMMORTAL!

WHAT WILL TRULY MAKE THIS THING  GORGEOUS IS THE EVERLASTING QUESTION! ONCE WE HAVE FIGURED THAT OUT, WE CAN FIND THE FOUNDATION OF ART, AND GIVE CLARITY TO IT.
IN NONE OF THE AFORESAID HAVE WE FOUND ANYTHING REALLY MATTER, SINCE THEY ARE SO TRANSIENT,  TOO WORLDLY, AND SO SUBJECT TO THE CHANGE OF TIMES AND TIDES.! SO IN CONCLUSION, DENYING ALL OF THE ABOVE MAY BRING HOME THE CORE VALUES OF REAL ART. AND THE MERITS IN A WORK OF ART WILL THEN BE SUBJECT TO THAT SET OF VALUES.

LOOK, WHAT REALLY MATTERS IS THIS GREAT ABILITY WITHIN ME, THIS COURAGE, AND THIS CONFIDENCE.AND THIS LOVE, AND TOGETHER THEY DEVELOP INTO A BURNING PASSION IN ME TO CREATE, THAT IS WHAT HAS ENABLED ME TO DO FINE CALLIGRAPHY, OR PRODUCE PERFECT YIN AND YANG RELATIONS, AND THAT WILL CULMINATES IN THE PRODUCTION OF A GREAT VISUAL METAPHOR! A FINE COMPOSITION OF FORMS IS REALLY WHAT COUNTS IN GREAT ART, THEREFORE THE CORE VALUES IN ART OUT OF A DENIAL ALL OF THE ABOVE SHOULD RALLY AROUND THIS COMPOSITION OF VISUAL METAPHORS, A COUSIN TO POETIC METAPHOR, ALSO THE METAPHOR OF SOUND. THE BEAUTY OF FORM IS WHAT REALLY COUNTS, AND EVENTUALLY PROPEL THIS THING INTO GREATNESS AND IMMORTALITY!  A PERFECT COMPOSITION HAS THEREFORE BECOME THE  BEAUTY THAT ALLOWS THIS ART TO PASS THE TEST OF TIME!
NOW IMAGINE YOU ARE TITIAN. YOU WILL THEN THINK: WITH ALL MY GENIUS, MY PASSION, MY ENTHUSIASM AND MY PERCEPTION, LET ME GET TO WORK AND SUMMON UP HEAVENS AND HELL IN THE CREATION OF THE PERFECT METAPHOR ON THE SCALE OF A POWERFUL DESIGN, WHEREBY HUMANITY MAY SING MY NAME FOREVER FROM THIS MOMENT ONWARD.
REMEMBER: YOU ARE  TITIAN, AND THERE IS NOTHING YOU CANNOT DO THERE! YES, THINK TITIAN OR SHAKESPEARE, OR MOZART, IF YOU WOULD.
NOW YOU ARE NOT JUST A SIDEKICK; YOU ARE REALLY TAKING RESPONSIBILITY IN YOUR HAND, AND WITH THAT YOU REVEAL WHAT YOU HAVE BEEN ENDOWED WITH, YOU ARE  NOW FORGING THAT UNSEEN, UNKNOWN, UN-NAMED ENERGY INTO POETIC OR VISUAL REALITY. YOU HAVE YOURSELF WORKED UP TO A FRENZY BY VIRTUE OF A DEEP CONVICTION IN YOUR OWN INTUITION! YOUR FURY WILL BLOW THE TOP OF ANY MOUNTAIN! HEAVEN AND HELL WILL THUNDER INTO THE CONSCIOUSNESS OF MANKIND,–SIMPLY BECAUSE YOU ARE  A GREAT MASTER AND YOU ARE TITIAN!

WE CAN ALL BE TITIAN ON A SMALLER SCALE, BECAUSE WE CAN ALL PRODUCE LOVELY AUTOGRAPHS. AN AUTOGRAPH IS, AFTER ALL,THE SPECIFIC WAY IN WHICH WE SCRIBBLE OUR OWN NAMES, AND SINCE THAT PARTICULAR HANDWRITING REPRESENTS OUR PERSONA AND  IT WILL GIVE AWAY THE  TRAITS OF OUR CHARACTER, LEANINGS, AND THE NATURE OF OUR INDIVIDUALITY. WE DECREE THE SCRIBBLING TO BE BEAUTIFUL, POWERFUL, FULL OF CHARM, AND DEFINITELY CREATIVE. WE DECREE THAT, LIKE A GENUINE MASTER. OFTENTIMES WE EVEN CONSCIENTIOUSLY PRACTICE OUR HANDWRITING TO THAT END.
NOW LOOK AT THE ABOVE ATTACHMENTS, EXAMINE EVERY ONE OF THE  ABOVE COMPOSITION PATIENTLY, AND ASK THIS OF THE ALL POWERFUL TITIAN WITHIN YOU: WOULD YOU LIKE TO WRITE YOUR AUTOGRAPH IN SUCH A MANNER THAT WILL REFLECT  THE  SECOND ARTIST?  THE ANSWER IS A THUNDERING, UNEQUIVOCAL YES!!!! WHY? OF COURSE IT IS A PAINTING BY TITIAN HIMSELF! WHAT ABOUT HAVING YOUR AUTOGRAPH TO REFLECT THE THIRD ART? IT WAS  A PAINTING CREATED BY AN ARTIST CALLED RUBENS, ANOTHER GREAT MASTER? AGAIN, A THUNDERING, PERFECT YES! WHAT ABOUT THE FIRST ONE?,–CREATED BY SOMEONE CALLED WILLIAM BLAKE ? AT THIS POINT, YOU FIND YOURSELF HESITATING, THEN WITH GREAT DISGUST YOU ARE ASKING THIS: WHAT? TO HAVE MY AUTOGRAPH LOOKING LIKE A PERFECT MAD MAN AND HALF-WIT? YOU’VE GOT TO BE KIDDING!!!! NOW IN ONE STROKE WE HAVE PROVED THAT THE ANSWER LIES IN THE COMPOSITION OF ANY VISUAL EFFORT, AND NOTHING ELSE!
I AM PRETTY SURE THAT SOME, IF NOT ALL OF YOU HAVE ALREADY FELT A CERTAIN NAUSEA AND HORROR STARING INTO THE AWFUL STUFF PRODUCED BY THE FIRST PERSON. IF YOU CAN SENSE A CERTAIN IDIOTIC ENERGY FLOWING FROM WITHIN THE FIRST PAINTING,– WHY? CONGRATULATIONS: YOU HAVE PASSED OUR TEST, — THE TEST INDICATES THAT YOU ARE TRULY HUMAN. AND THAT IS HOW THE WORD HUMANITY HAS BEEN CONFERRED UPON US.

TRUE ENOUGH, WITH THE EXCEPTION OF THE FIRST COMPOSITION, ALL OF THE  ABOVE  ARE GREAT COMPOSITIONS, THEY ARE ALL MASTERPIECES!!!!  AND THAT AWFUL COMPOSITION WAS BY WILLIAM BLAKE.

DON’T BE A SECOND-HAND INDIVIDUAL PARROTING WHAT THE ART TEACHERS SAY, WHAT THE ART CRITICS SAY OR WHAT THE MUSEUM DIRECTORS SAY…. ALWAYS TAKE YOUR CUE FROM THE ARTISTIC GENIUS WITHIN YOU YOURSELF!!!