Art, Life Art, Limitless Living

I want to look a little bit at the original configuration of this work that posited art, life art and limitless living as registrations in a broader sweep of development in a person’s life.  In my studies, I have tried to leave these categories, these registrations, open so that I can adapt to circumstances and still thrive.

Recently I began making more conventional art for exhibition and that has been good for my spirit but it is not the main registration in my life.  I experienced some sort of divine intervention and just began making a slew of colorful expressive abstract images on my phone after quite a long hiatus from creating visual art. 

It has been really good to explore that as a part of my way of being.  It has helped me develop compassion for the variety of art making experiences as well as more free form personal expression that does not have to conform to words. 

Nevertheless, I have been missing the focus that really opened up this work for me which is focusing in on the Love, peace, patience, hope, compassion, gentleness, kindness and similar attributes that fuel and inspire my conduct in the world on a daily basis.  I still work a day job as a librarian and I should say that all opinions expressed here are my own and not those of the library where I work. 

So, I am not in a studio all day.  That is not what my life art practice looks like unless of course you consider my desk at the library to be a kind of life art studio which I do but there I only work on library-appropriate, pre-approved, work flow tasks. 

If someone did find their main registration to be a conventional artist, then the tasks in a traditional studio environment would be the daily expressions.  For me, I am intensely inspired by art being the craft of life beyond traditional studio practice.  It is what drives me to keep going in my life and live my best life. 

I think that is why I cultivated that third registration of limitless living so that there would be an open, free form environment of the soul and psyche to be free of any previous conception of art and have one’s lived experience radiantly merge with a realm of ever more expansive possibilities. 

Certainly, I continue to honor my roots in all ways including those that regard traditional art and I have learned a great deal about humbleness and humility in this process.  I also realize that this practice of writing, be it for my blog or for the platform Medium, The Life Art Institute or the newsletter is extraordinarily important to the actualization of my potential as it gives me a way to get out of my own sphere of influence and into a public forum for broader consideration.  What I declare to the world carries me forward.

I very much want to make more of these writings and continue to unpack this work.  It brings me a lot of joy and solace, knowing its efficacy and potential and my own potential.