Saturday, February 2, 2013
Inspiration to Paper
Quarter one has certainly been a well thought out quarter, and it has given me a practical sense of my prospects and perspectives of what my interests are. The beginning of the quarter marked a new beginning- classical voice. it has changed my life, giving me a whole other perspective of art; I would have ever imagining myself so changed and motivated by one form of art. Classical music has changed my life; As a child i listened to classical, but i was not as interested or "moved" by the music. I have decided that I will be focusing on classical music, extensively and thoroughly. I am also considering the idea of studying classical music in college. As for the work produced in first quarter, I have not much music- But I have produced an extensive amount of visual art. My mediums have included, but not limited to, acrylics, oils, Water based oils, and lots of thinners. one of the first pieces was the piece pictured below. I worked extensively on this piece- I believe a total of 2 weeks of work were performed on this piece. It showcases a figure of Jose Carreras (one of my favorite tenors) in a pose. I intentionally depicted him like this because I wanted the picture to be "multifaceted" - to a degree. in this sense, I wanted the image to be a figure that promotes thought process, one that could be subjective to different viewers. the piece did not have one specific portrayed emotion; it had many. To a degree, most of my work this quarter had reflected upon my love of music. All of my paintings have been products of my visual interpretations of the music ringing through my thoughts... thought to words, words to inspiration, ears for inspiration, and inspiration to paper has been my motif for quarter one.
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Sounds like Wonderful World of Guitars is no longer an apt title for your blog.
ReplyDeleteOk, so you are moving in two directions, visual art and music, but music is really the impetus that truly inspires you. You can work in those two things in the upcoming semester.
Opera is not outside the scope of STAC, but operatic voice training certainly is. Proper operatic voice training is outside the scope of high school for many reasons, as you know from the lessons you've already taken. I love hearing you sing, I love opera, but having you sing operatic material in class is dangerous to your vocal health and development unless whatever you might do is flowing from your private study. The last thing you need at 16 is to damage your voice before you're 17. It would be an incomprehensible loss.
But there are ancillary areas of opera and classical music that do fall within the ken of STAC and we can open up those areas and provide you with a background and experiences that private voice teaching cannot give you, and that students entering music schools at the same time as you can't possibly have.
We cannot sharpen the tool of the artist, but we can enrich the soul of the artist. You can explore libretto, music, staging, acting, interpretation, dramatic impulse, history - there is a world of opera and classical music that never touches the voice but informs that voice.
I think this is how you need to approach this next quarter and semester. I've already a lot of ideas for you, but I would like to hear your ideas first.
Warm regards,
Luke