photomontage - Brainstorming

Brainstorm

By

Bobbi Piasecki

It was a dark and stormy night with occasional glimpses of light flashing from the clouds of thunder and lightening. I was up late trying to write a story I had stuck in my head. A short time later, my eyes started to blur as the call to sleep came from body. Between writers block and the lack of sleep, the words for my story stayed deep inside my mind. So I decided to lie down and get some sleep.

Several minutes later, I could feel my mind and body were still at unrest from constant tossing and turning. I didn’t know if this was caused by the storm or my unsettledness with my story progress. Eventually, my mind seemed to drift in and out of a dreamlike state until I thought I had finally succumbed to a deep sleep. When suddenly, I was awakened to the sounds of voices calling out to me.

I got out of bed and followed the echoing voices. As I walked closer to their sounds it became clear as to what they were saying, “What are your deepest analytical thoughts?” and “What are your greatest fears?” The voices led me to a closed door. When I opened it I saw a room filled with beautiful flowers and the sun shining through a large open window. In the center of the room there was a large desk and chair. On top of the desk lay a pen and some paper. Now, I understood what the voices were trying to tell me and I sat down to begin writing.

This time the words came easily to me, crashing down unto the paper with each thunderous strike of lightening. This brainstorm was filled with haunting ideas of a terror driven tale. A tale so frightening, it was guaranteed to make ones flesh creep, curdle the blood and strike terror into those who dare read it.

The words continued to come down like heavy rain pouring my deepest fears onto the blank paper. Although I was surrounded by the false sense of security from the flowers and open window, I still felt as though I was sitting on pins and needles. My heart was in a state of quake and my mouth was bone dry as I was scared spit less. My body continually quivered as I held the pen in my trembling hand inscribing the terror driven words onto the innocent pages.

Eventually, exhaustion and contentment replaced my unsettledness and fears. As a result, a horror story emerged so intensely frightening it would have scared the hell out of Stephen King and propelled the reader into a state of perpetual nightmares. My nightmares.

I'd rather be photo

I'd rather be sitting on the beach sipping a tequila sunrise.

Partner Portrait - apple tree fairies

This is Brenda, Ka'nova and Bobbi hanging from apple tree branches.

Art Review - Contemporary Artist

Artist: Otto Rapp

Title of Artwork: Parthenogenesis

Date of Artwork:

Short Bio: Known as "The Mystic" Otto Rapp was born in Felixdorf, Lower Austria. He lived in Vienna where he also received his education. He served in the Austrian Air Force and traveled throughout Europe. Initially he was self taught as a painter. After emigrating to Canada in 1968 he received his formal education in art from the UofL Fine Arts Department and graduated in 1982 with a BFA. After working for years with the CPR he retired in 2006.

Description (The Facts): Objects - water, horse, villiage, values, depth of field, and shapes.

Analysis (The Design): The focal point is the horst, there is a sense of balance from the position of the horse.

Interpretation (The Meaning): Breaking free from the conformities for society. Persuing freedom and serenity. Being free from a trapped situation.

Judgement: When I seen this picture I felt that it represented how I felt at times. I want to break free from responsibilities I feel trapped in to persue different things and ideas.

Art Review - Traditional Artist

Artist: Rene Magritte

Title of Artwork: The Lovers II, oil on canvas
Date of Artwork: 1928

Short Bio:
Rene Magritte (1898 - 1967) was a Belgian surrealist painter. He studied his art at the Royal Academy of Arts in Brussels which is also where he had his first exhibit in 1927. He was most known for his extraordinary juxtaposition in his art.

Description (The Facts): Objects - figures of a man and a woman and a straight wall, value of shades with only three main colors - red, black, and grey, textures from the smooth wall in the background to the grey cloth on the heads.

Analysis (The Design): Focal point are the man and the woman, light and dark colors with the red in the shirt and the wall creating a sense of balance and rhythm along with the framing from the ceiling and the wall.

Interpretation (The Meaning): The painting depicts a man and a woman trying to kiss each other through shrouded cloth on their heads which hide their identity. The figures with shrouded heads are depicted like several of his other works of art. These figures could be from the dark morbid side of Rene's mind, such as the suffering and suffocation, or they could mean a more lighter take such as from a dark hero he had watched in films as a child who wore a cloth over his head.

Judgement: When I seen this picture, I first thought of the phrase "true rhetoric" to describe this work of art. I see it as a display of love that comes from the heart and soul and is not based on an outwardly appearance.


Part 3 (Compare and contrast): Both artists were born in Europe, Brussels and Austria. Both artists admired and were influenced early in their careers by works from Max Ernst, Ernst Fuchs and other surrealists. Both artists incorporated their sense of realism into surrealist works of art to suggest a point, inspiration, or symbolism. Both artists display a sense of irrationalism and juxtapostion in their reasoning and inspirations for their work. These works of art present another world or life that comes from their inner imaginations of their minds and logic.

cartwheel

This is my sequence photo of Bobbi Jr. doing cartwheels.