anotherronism

Folks...

I had a thought for an interesting topic akin to "Favorite TD Drawings".

This is inspired by Marg's "hey ho".

There is a LOT of doodling on this site. And a LOT of drawings or people, places, things and other art.

But what do you find to be conceptually original work regardless of craft or technique?

anotherronism

Oops. I forgot to link to Marg's picture.

http://www.thinkdraw.com/picture.php?pictureId=24868

The fact that I don't know what this picture is yet still find myself drawn to it is what inspired this thread.

I've seen other examples of this on TD but will have to find them all again.

I do "drawings" and "doodles" on TD. Granted, some of them are highly detailed but they are still drawings of "things" and "people"

Not to say thos things cannot be art. Far from it.

But Marg's picture is fascinating in that it's as much a puzzle as something pleasant to look at.

Post your own links here and tell us what you think and why.

anotherronism

Notes on "hey ho" by marg

What choices were made?

Black background in most obvious. This isolates the four (five?) main elements and removes it from any scale or confinement.

Scale: What is the scale? My mind sees a toilet brush through the orange field which makes me see things which fit that scale. So the orange seems to be spilling from a bottle.

But at that scale WHAT is the orange field and licorice rope?

The "tiolet" brush is not properly aligned. Enough effort went into this that I think that is intentional. So if it's not a toilet brush then my original scale is off.

So what else then?

The orange field has a classic 'snail shell' shape.

That gives me nothing though.

Perspective? Maybe - if the plums lead into the distance.

Ummm...

Nothing again.

Someone mentioned "swords" and I can see the 'rear' plums forming a handle on the orange field. In that regard it could be swords but too much doesn't make sense.

I've looked at Marg's other work for a hint but there's nothing there.

Anyone else have any thoughts?

lynnspotter

I thought they were swords. You're into very deep thought here Ron ~ I think I'll sleep on it!

arty

Yes my first view of marg's "hey ho" was a sword or sabre, as hey ho is an old English phrase with pirates in mind. Then I saw part of a bottle with a straw. Then a road leading to a castle or city. Still trying to figure it out

marg

.. awfully sorry, chaps, but the picture in question is due for deletion on Friday night (when I get home).

I'll admit that there was a 'tang' element and also some of the other stuff you mentioned, but.. I only wanted to 'air' it overnight, to see what I thought of it the next day - thanks muchly for the interest, though !

Qsilv

pfff... we need a place to save pix (and comment strings) the artist wants rid of but that have turned into community pets!

ok - I've done a bit of thinking about all this. Marg's image seems a tad more surreal than pure non-representational abstract...

but overall, I wound up deciding 'doodles' is likely the best term!

Ideally they - conceptually original pieces - just arise from the subconscious.

...even when your conscious keeps prowling around, trying to get its two cents worth in. (smiles)