THEMING

all renderings, by their nature, contain themes... most artists, however, having only that 'sense of life' to guide them in deciding what is to be produced, are generally not consciously aware of just what it is that is the theme... it is, therefore, usually treated as if it were a consequence, an underlining intuitiveness that comes out, if at all consciously, AFTER the fact... indeed, it is usually the result of some emotional reaction to the 'scene'... Art, however, is NOT concerned with actual events or occurences per se - it is concerned with their metaphysical or fundamental significance to [properly] the rational being...

I am a themescapist because I CONSCIOUSLY choose the theme, and it is thru the use of metaphors that i peruse the showing of my view of the world... I take abstract ideas and render visualizations of them... like a novelist who chooses a title for his/her book which CRYSTALIZES THE ESSENCE of that work [or should], so, too, I take what I call a 'theme/title' and work with it, figuring ut the best way to render it - how complex, how big the work is to be, whether it is to be a collection of objects as a still-life or landscape of some kind, and so forth...