still waiting

As of now, I am still waiting to hear back about the last series that I showed on the blog in order to find out if I should do several small series, such as the last one, or possibly do one series with a collection of philosophical views and tie them all together.

Either way I have been reading up on the philosophers, right now I am looking at Epictetus, who believed in stoicism, and Marx, the creator of Marxism and supporter of communism. I feel comfortable with what I know about these two philosophers but I would like to hear some feedback to figure out how these are going to be presented before I go to far.

some ideas

here are some ideas that I have for this project. These is based off of the views of Locke and Rousseau, Locke's idea that man is better in society is shown in the one with the ants, where the ants represent a society, working together. Locke is shown above the colony, as the bird, which is the prophetic animal, also is a peregrine falcon, which is the messenger bird so I felt that was appropriate. The top image is of Rousseau's theory that man is better in his natural state, the boar, the warrior animal, is representing man in his natural state. The boar is shown fighting a snake, representing life and death. According to Rousseau, man in his natural state would only have one need, which is to survive. If the boar loses the fight, he would be unable to eat and would die, if he wins then he would live on for another day. Rousseau is also shown as a peregrine falcon. The middle image is of the two falcons fighting, representing their argument. This is along the lines of what I want to do, not sure if I want to stick with using animals, mainly wanted to see what everyone else thought of it before I go on with it. I also used a very heavily detailed line drawing for the image then colored it in on photoshop, so I also want to know what everyone thinks about that. If it goes over well then I plan on using the same technique with the rest of the images.

summer statement

My work involves the study of philosophers and their views. I will show their views using graphic symbolism and color psychology. The artwork will be arranged in a series of work, one that shows views of different philosophers, as if they were having an argument. I will be showing their views with the influence of my thoughts on them. Some images may be about how I disagree with the philosophers views; others may show my agreement with them. There will be one image of each philosophers view in order to introduce them, followed by an image that involves different aspects of each view, as if it were an argument. I will be researching philosophers based around the philosophy of human nature. This involves Plato, Aristotle, Locke, Kant, the Christian Thinkers, Epictetus, and Rousseau.

oh and I also made corrections to this one, based on the feedback I received. I applied the same texture to all the books so that they look more consistent. I also darkened the outer edges of the image so it doesn't stand out so much. So thank you for your input.

there we go, I think I am done with this one now, so it is time to print. This along with the rest of the images will be printed on canvas.