Even the Alpha Seer himself is a bit shy to proclaim his work in progress as art, no matter how awesome the metaphors found therein–what with million of blind fish out there, doing illustrations, gimmicky stuffs and silly imitations of all kinds, and who are never too shy to proclaim those shits as “art”,….
If one compares a work in progress with a work in completion, one will find, in each and every case, Qi is the thing that makes the difference. A work in progress remains dormant, inactive, not animated, depressed, or simply dead. A shot of Qi can bring everything in the composition to life. You don’t have to believe me, just see it for yourself,– pay attention when comparing the “before” with the “after”, especially in black and white.
Be amazed by your own seeing! Be totally amazed that you can be thus awakened to Beauty, since that is one gift you possess, but which you have neglected for so long! That is called the gift of deep insight, one that no academic in the world can steal from you. A light unto itself is your awakened state! Only when you follow your herd instinct will you become asleep again, or feeling intimidated by the impostor’s title or posture.
In Chinese, Qi means air. Even before the Chinese, ancient Hindu sages thousands of years ago had already noticed that life itself is Qi.
So air, life, Qi must combine to make complete a composition. That which is perfect and complete should have all three present. Life without the proper Qi is a depressed life. Qi cannot be without air. Air itself is required for the sustenance of life,–which is the law of Nature…. One can go on and eventually see the connection between Qi and art itself.
The same ingredients may be found in Mozart, Haydn or Beethoven’s best works, since Qi is what gives life to a fine composition, be it visual or audio.
What, then, is the status of the Everyman in his “quest for beauty”, or his “artistic quest” with regard to the above? How on earth can an everyman come to the realization of a spontaneous orchestration of those vital elements? He cannot even see Qi or the lack thereof,– the everyman, who is essentially blind to beauty, requires the seeing of the Alpha Seer, the one-eye-king in a sea of blindness. The seeing of Qi is too far beyond the everyman!
An everyman is not necessarily a stupid person, nor is he the common man,–he can be you yourself, he can be an art professor, a museum director, Obama, or Andy Warhol, ( Only when an everyman proclaims himself artist has he become an impostor! Sorry, Andy, but that is who you are!)
Simply put, an everyman is just not endowed with the peculiar ability to create art.
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The great master Knox Martin says:
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———- Forwarded message ———- From: Knox <knox@nyc.rr.com> Date: Mon, Apr 5, 2010 at 1:06 PM Subject: Re: work in progress VS work in completion To: Ben Lau <alphaseer@gmail.com>
right on!!!!!!!!!!!!—–Â Original Message —–