{"id":18603,"date":"2024-08-30T16:57:11","date_gmt":"2024-08-30T20:57:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.xorph.com\/jadixon\/?p=18603"},"modified":"2024-08-31T00:05:45","modified_gmt":"2024-08-31T04:05:45","slug":"evolving-creative-intent-with-a-similar-subject","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.xorph.com\/jadixon\/archives\/18603","title":{"rendered":"Evolving creative intent with similar subjects"},"content":{"rendered":"<blockquote><p>\u201cThe writing and playing of music is a matter of intent\u2026. You can\u2019t just throw a paint brush against the wall and call whatever happens art.\u201d<br \/>\n\u2014 Duke Ellington<br \/>\n&nbsp;\n<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>There are so many old farmhouses and barns in our Knobland region of Kentucky, and they always hold my rapt attention as I interpret them in found papers. It is necessary, however, for me to quiet my busy mind and discover a soul connection to a particular natural place and the evident stewardship of those who have cared for it. Then, and only then, can I apply an intent to coax my intuition in an expected direction and to handle paper and paste with creativity.<\/p>\n<p>I am pleased with what I achieved on the top half of this small canvas. The foreground is now due for an efficient studio finish.<\/p>\n<p>Check out <a href=\"https:\/\/www.xorph.com\/jadixon\/archives\/category\/movements\/en-plein-air\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">my series of posts<\/a> that have described a seven-year plein air adventure, \u201cpainting in papers.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.xorph.com\/jadixon\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Dixon_WalnutSprings_unfinished.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.xorph.com\/jadixon\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Dixon_WalnutSprings_unfinished.jpg\" title=\"unfinished collage en plein air on stretched canvas by J A Dixon\" width=\"380\" height=\"316\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-18646\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.xorph.com\/jadixon\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Dixon_WalnutSprings_unfinished.jpg 950w, https:\/\/www.xorph.com\/jadixon\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Dixon_WalnutSprings_unfinished-300x249.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.xorph.com\/jadixon\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Dixon_WalnutSprings_unfinished-768x638.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 380px) 100vw, 380px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-size: 88%; line-height: 133%; margin-top: 337px; margin-bottom: 27px; color: gray; padding-left: 30px;\" align=\"left\"><strong><em>At Walnut Springs<\/em><\/strong> (unfinished)<br \/>\ncollage en plein air by J A Dixon<br \/>\non stretched canvas, 10 x 8 inches<br \/>\nPlein Air Artists of Central Kentucky<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u201cThe writing and playing of music is a matter of intent\u2026. You can\u2019t just throw a paint brush against the wall and call whatever happens art.\u201d \u2014 Duke Ellington &nbsp; There are so many old farmhouses and barns in our Knobland region of Kentucky, and they always hold my rapt attention as I interpret them [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1,667,216,18,249,35],"tags":[322,90,308,316,317,318,639],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.xorph.com\/jadixon\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18603"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.xorph.com\/jadixon\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.xorph.com\/jadixon\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.xorph.com\/jadixon\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.xorph.com\/jadixon\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=18603"}],"version-history":[{"count":10,"href":"https:\/\/www.xorph.com\/jadixon\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18603\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":18655,"href":"https:\/\/www.xorph.com\/jadixon\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18603\/revisions\/18655"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.xorph.com\/jadixon\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=18603"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.xorph.com\/jadixon\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=18603"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.xorph.com\/jadixon\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=18603"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}