We asked two artists to respond to the following: “We should only look at art that bites and stings us, because if a work of art does not rouse us with a blow to the head, then why look at it?”
Molecular confluence! Thought and embodiment should flow symbolically in its own forming comforts that ultimately embody a purely human process, always changing a mind’s suggestion to make sense of issues outside its control. Emotional involvement frequents the motive of connection and saturates the impression. Mental ability to connect with its own need for interpretation and emotional connection to personal issues and expressions are always subject to taste. Environment is a product. Issac Crooks
If a person remains alive to his or her contradictions, there is a good chance that he or she will be roused, bitten, and stung many times in a lifetime. However, the capacity to be moved by what one sees is a rare and wonderful event. If a work of art only leaves us with “a blow to the head,” we may be diminished in our capacity either as an artist or an observer. Besides, there is much art that talks to us only after seeing it many times. Sometimes one has to look at something for a long time before its power is realized within us. Richard Sober
