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Missing girl

Drawing is a test which is what makes drawing intimidating, if you think it is a test. If you think it is a method of finding it will be something more. It is evidence of something and unpredictable when it is an unknown practise. Lines don’t always go the way you want. How do you find the perfect line?

Children draw intuitively from the minute they take a pencil in hand after having put pencil in mouth, after having chewed and tasted the tool, after having trashed the paper. To see what those tools do, what can be done with them. When drawing becomes very controlled technique to master or not master and one can become scared of being judged, scared of paper, scared of someone looking because of flaws are there, because results are not impeccable. I guess it is the same with singing. We can be scared of showing our voice and flaws we may make when we let loose our voice. To repeat something seen as it is seen, how does it happen and what do we see? Do we see the same when we do not experience the same? Beauty of hand-drawn mark, image made which is unique, line which is unique, uniqueness is the beauty which machines rarely can achieve. To be scared of making and creating line of your own is to be scared of your uniqueness which is different in comparison to others and think there is something wrong and flawed with your mark and personal voice.

 http://www.blunderbussmag.com/what-happened-fu-manchu/

Menstruation/Kuukautiset, öljypastelli, 76*56cm, 2003

How do you work in a system which has a set of values opposite to yours, total conflict of values? When you think you are correct and they are wrong.

How does one work in a system that does nothing but humiliate, restrain and abuse person who dares to call herself an artist? How does one oppose and challenge such system that thinks it is perfect and only does good when there is clear evidence it does quite a lot damage instead? One option is not to work, not call one’s doings work of art at all. It means to resign from tradition of art the best way one can. That is a free fall and the result is unknown. It can be hobbyist but not without goals. To make without burdens of professionalism, without need to fit in the system, without need to please those who need to be pleased to get credit and be paid. Art in capitalism is nothing but luxury items and a means to show off one’s interest and knowledge. Civilized society supports arts, civilized people go see art, civilized people make art: when art loses its voice and noise is that civilized?

When art is an accessory it is design rather than philosophy. If we want art as accessory and style to accompany us what happens to art? It stops being political, it stops being activism, it stops doing the most important job it has which is take part in conversation, take part in society as an independent voice.

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