What conditions allow ideas to emerge most freely?
“Absurdity and Ease.
Attempting to apply a theoretical discipline to control intuition and knowing the that an unconscious process cannot be governed by conscious volition.
I only aim to record and recall when something falls into place, as if into its predestined pattern, when something familiar is seen in a new light; followed by the rise, expansion and ebb of self transcending emotion.
Doing so simply, with the tools and experience at my disposal.
‘The forceps of our minds are clumsy things and crush the truth a little in the course of taking hold. ‘ HG Wells.” — Max Berry, Sunshine Coast, Australia @maxberry@artistsoncouches
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Studio visit with @woodygphoto Last couple of weeks to see my current exhibition @louisvuitton BRISBANE courtesy @chinaheights
YEARS OF RIVER AND OF SUN, OF SAND, THE WIND AND THE RAIN selected recent paintings by Max Berry.
Bucolic, reactionary, simplistic escapism.
PRIMER I had been waiting for something and the waiting was pleasant
There is more than one way to see
sunlight trembling in shadow
a bird sang and a bird flew It has begun to rain whilst halfway to the horizon it has begun to rain I stood watching and smelling the smell listening to the water making sounds
After a while I simply sat
aware of the connectedness of all things alone and happy with my vegetable companions My thoughts begin to follow each other observing what to say
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