{"id":9688,"date":"2017-10-16T17:38:54","date_gmt":"2017-10-16T21:38:54","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.xorph.com\/jadixon\/?p=9688"},"modified":"2017-12-09T13:35:23","modified_gmt":"2017-12-09T17:35:23","slug":"the-crafted-series","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.xorph.com\/jadixon\/archives\/9688","title":{"rendered":"The Crafted Series"},"content":{"rendered":"

\u201cMusic, to me, is a matter of growth, development and rejuvenation.\u201d
\n\u2014 Lalo Schifrin
\n <\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Every so often, it is good to shove the status quo<\/em> through the stern window into one\u2019s wake. For me, that does not mean abandoning anything more than \u201cbusiness as usual.\u201d Far from it. It becomes a matter of using everything that I have learned, showcasing all of my acquired skills, and tapping the full resource of internalized discernments to find a different level of creation. To whatever extent I am successful at doing that, there is hope for a renewed sense of discovery and joy. <\/p>\n

As many of you know, I have considered collage to be an interactive medium. As a deeper back-and-forth, intuitive relationship with materials and compositional ingredients continues to develop, a corresponding interaction with those who respond to the work must also evolve. Art can indeed be a solitary, insular pursuit for some, but I consider collage to be more like music. How can the listener not be vitally important to the process?<\/p>\n

In an interview, the late David Bowie said, \u201cI think it\u2019s terribly dangerous for an artist to fulfill other people\u2019s expectations. I think they generally produce their worst work when they do that. And, if you feel safe in the area that you\u2019re working in, you\u2019re not working in the right area. Always go a little further into the border than you feel you\u2019re capable of being in. Go a little bit out of your depth, and when you don\u2019t feel that your feet are quite touching the bottom, you\u2019re just about in the right place to do something exciting.\u201d<\/p>\n

There is powerful insight in that observation, but holding the expectations of others at arm\u2019s length does not exclude a goal of preserving their interest and involvement in the experiment. Not at all. Certainly not for me. I invite and value the feedback. Constructive criticism, too. There is no fulfillment in failing to elicit a sense of pleasurable intrigue and wonder in those who value the hundred-year story of collage artwork. For me, it will never be a private affair.
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\"Hedra<\/a><\/p>\n

Hedra Cinq Sahara<\/em><\/strong>
\ncollage miniature by J A Dixon
\n5.75 x 7.75 inches
\n 
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\"Azulenco<\/a><\/p>\n

Azulenco King Jetties<\/em><\/strong>
\ncollage miniature by J A Dixon
\n5.75 x 7.75 inches
\n 
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\"Magna<\/a><\/p>\n

Magna Finch Bombus<\/em><\/strong>
\ncollage miniature by J A Dixon
\n5.75 x 7.75 inches
\n 
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\u201cMusic, to me, is a matter of growth, development and rejuvenation.\u201d \u2014 Lalo Schifrin   Every so often, it is good to shove the status quo through the stern window into one\u2019s wake. For me, that does not mean abandoning anything more than \u201cbusiness as usual.\u201d Far from it. It becomes a matter of using […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[51,1,250,168,22,18,35,55],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.xorph.com\/jadixon\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9688"}],"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=9688"}],"version-history":[{"count":10,"href":"https:\/\/www.xorph.com\/jadixon\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9688\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":9962,"href":"https:\/\/www.xorph.com\/jadixon\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9688\/revisions\/9962"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.xorph.com\/jadixon\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=9688"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.xorph.com\/jadixon\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=9688"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.xorph.com\/jadixon\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=9688"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}