Title:"When War Comes Our Spirit is Ready.
Here we have the spirit of the bear, the spirit of
the eagle, the spirit of the panther and the
spirit of the spider time traveler."

I painted this while I was listening to this song:
Lakota Shaman Warrior Music...



Today, as art galleries fill up with incomprehensible so called "objets d'art" like dead cows or boxes of detergents it begs the question, what is art?
And if anyone defends the absurd as a reflection of humanity, the question then becomes, are we living in a TIME OF ABSURDITY?

According to Google art is to be "appreciated primarily for [it's]... beauty...and... emotional power."

I like this painting. I find it to be interesting. It is strangely pleasing to me, like an exotic meal. And I like that. I like something that feeds me even if it's different.

I am not saying that you will find this to be "art." Instead, your definition of art may run the gamut anywhere and limited to from canvases of pretty flowers to empty shoe boxes.

And I have to wonder, today, have we lost the meaning of what art is? Or are we too lazy to even define it leaving this important responsibility to
self-interested curators and gallery owners who rather than foster significant art about the human experience are out to make a quick
buck selling something they call art which has no deeply significant human value?

AMBIVALENCE!

I think this is art because I find it interesting. To me, it harkens back to the time when humans painted on cave walls in an attempt to touch
something beyond their physical reality.

Maybe you hate this. Maybe you like it. Or maybe you feel nothing at all. And then, maybe you have a box of detergent displayed proudly in your
living room.

So then, lets agree to disagree and lets find common ground. I too would like to have a box of detergent. But I will keep mine in the laundry room.
And then, when the detergent runs out, I will throw the box out.

May 21 2015 © Grace Divine