tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-63938472568432853092024-03-13T19:53:34.104-04:00MIGZ TATZ.
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MIGZ TATZhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10587373383024203379noreply@blogger.comBlogger51125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6393847256843285309.post-50714492301760887552024-02-13T20:35:00.003-05:002024-02-16T20:17:39.883-05:00CONTEXT BLOCKS - A SERIES OF WORK IN FLUX: first iteration <p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="266" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/TGo7nTWJBvw" width="497" youtube-src-id="TGo7nTWJBvw"></iframe></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><span style="text-align: left;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><span style="text-align: left;">This is the crux of the new direction of the work. Impermanence, flux, and interaction. My original composition is just the seed to the work, creating the launchpad for others to participate and become a part of the project. Different perspectives, different rationale, different reflections, different perspectives. The work is always evolving, and is never exactly the same as the original form. Only documentation provides proof of the work as it was in any given form, because there is no one solidified form.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><span style="text-align: left;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiCyMhjYjUSi8WVK3ubzpeSfGfi22Ki3UmAqKVyg-AnrUAlxunQVvw997FEK5Wdv7HdWRtWWHBbhbQi3BEHK0ALEaXZHhtADw4Zvf2LtZAdzE5BgCveOktbM7AlMbge1yPI5dM9uutPDMDPaQl0d4QdX0QbIJUuE3d_k7rp0ZEBJXBxLsOo4AmZlLQWy6w/s4032/IMG_5540.tiff" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3028" data-original-width="4032" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiCyMhjYjUSi8WVK3ubzpeSfGfi22Ki3UmAqKVyg-AnrUAlxunQVvw997FEK5Wdv7HdWRtWWHBbhbQi3BEHK0ALEaXZHhtADw4Zvf2LtZAdzE5BgCveOktbM7AlMbge1yPI5dM9uutPDMDPaQl0d4QdX0QbIJUuE3d_k7rp0ZEBJXBxLsOo4AmZlLQWy6w/s320/IMG_5540.tiff" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjgdG_Bt7TlX0a1CIKduyFAC81Jl-hDGza7C6opksxLLVGB-njrVc2IGpbacwOZV_GsIiHFAnuJQ1Nkia3AYBJRTmbtOS52D3K4Q6sLkKJLTbCAuG1WkRskm1vP0XOVw3yT21ZDBG-zuSS3m9dkms3D91LsgqSKEkCyVxSVG_sFpPplfRoOuFtjBWFkpZA/s4032/IMG_5652.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjgdG_Bt7TlX0a1CIKduyFAC81Jl-hDGza7C6opksxLLVGB-njrVc2IGpbacwOZV_GsIiHFAnuJQ1Nkia3AYBJRTmbtOS52D3K4Q6sLkKJLTbCAuG1WkRskm1vP0XOVw3yT21ZDBG-zuSS3m9dkms3D91LsgqSKEkCyVxSVG_sFpPplfRoOuFtjBWFkpZA/s320/IMG_5652.jpeg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEihX0DNf3Gc6AQTZQGGBI__HUXtVVCAtZNLClA6yBKH85pbjaXNkmdTFQzJ1mpmEsEU6ntoF1g7BxvNbHMi_h2rnvzndUWgL3HStW8ovvRKhCvNvlUwHw8KuBGe0J4gBXSfLpeLHKGWKPTPQd8vv5LFhET6ar9Rexr7r8cb4Ek4j0JmiszrbSX-mpUsyMg/s4032/IMG_5667.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEihX0DNf3Gc6AQTZQGGBI__HUXtVVCAtZNLClA6yBKH85pbjaXNkmdTFQzJ1mpmEsEU6ntoF1g7BxvNbHMi_h2rnvzndUWgL3HStW8ovvRKhCvNvlUwHw8KuBGe0J4gBXSfLpeLHKGWKPTPQd8vv5LFhET6ar9Rexr7r8cb4Ek4j0JmiszrbSX-mpUsyMg/s320/IMG_5667.jpeg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEglgUSmg5I19FhmEnI8O42B3m9XFlGcN1l-yieJRWPFIOUHoWDn9gKZR82LcJgR2REHQR3mnN6wEXv7N2XDXcat6hMAGMqal0QGET7hX3gJRvzQ3xgEzxZ4DarSDi1i-fJRBWMVYHkC9WnFt1vxskHV4J6MaICPi1TBzeAAwsETd0CCdwfCrT1OhyISBH4/s4032/IMG_5691.tiff" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3028" data-original-width="4032" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEglgUSmg5I19FhmEnI8O42B3m9XFlGcN1l-yieJRWPFIOUHoWDn9gKZR82LcJgR2REHQR3mnN6wEXv7N2XDXcat6hMAGMqal0QGET7hX3gJRvzQ3xgEzxZ4DarSDi1i-fJRBWMVYHkC9WnFt1vxskHV4J6MaICPi1TBzeAAwsETd0CCdwfCrT1OhyISBH4/s320/IMG_5691.tiff" width="320" /></a></div><br /><span style="text-align: left;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><span style="text-align: left;"><br /></span></div><p></p>MIGZ TATZhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10587373383024203379noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6393847256843285309.post-72529532832895359142024-01-26T22:28:00.001-05:002024-01-26T22:28:09.004-05:00SHIFT<p> “Eureka, I’ve struck gold” I believe I have found the format and language for the next iteration of my work. I am consumed with creative energy and drive to delve into it…. Soon</p>MIGZ TATZhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10587373383024203379noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6393847256843285309.post-55150498916678062332024-01-09T21:35:00.001-05:002024-01-09T21:38:11.309-05:00CRITIQUES 99<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><span style="text-align: left;">I came across some old critiques from my intro to painting course back in undergrad. I believe this was from 1999 where I learned</span><span style="text-align: left;"> </span><span style="text-align: left;">to stretch my own canvases and paint at a larger scale using oils. It was a learning curve for me but I am thoroughly grateful for it. Some of the lessons I learned didn’t kick in until decades later. What some pointed out in their critiques was that I have a (unintended) focus on singular objects. I never wanted to work on complex compositions, not because I found it more challenging, I just found it claustrophobic. To this very day, even when I work on a portrait or tattoo, I require a certain amount of “air” or space present in my work. That space is not empty to me, it is full of energy that I can feel. I believe it to be implied when one is looking at it. Nonetheless, it feels very uncomfortable for me when I break this harmony and peace with something, for the sake of it just being there. I find this in my furniture tastes, where I am likely to get very minimal and basic black book shelves for everything. Or how I can feel it when someone is standing what I consider to be too close to me (which is typically a normal distance for most). Interesting to look back and see it has always been there. 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font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-size: 17px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span class="s1" style="font-family: UICTFontTextStyleBody;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><span style="text-align: left;">I used to get a dopamine hit from the reaction of people to my art. Whenever someone responded with a “wow” it seemingly boosted my sense of self worth. Which, in searching for the next dopamine hit, can turn one into an addict. But eventually it’s never enough. As a father, and what I presume to be a now adult and matured artist, I now only search for moments of enjoyment when creating. A sort of mindfulness and being present by connecting with my higher power through the ritual of my gift. If others enjoy it, then it is a bonus, however it is not the end goal for me. But, in consideration, it is also my way of connecting with people. No longer in a linear sense of “I make, you look”, rather, “I create and share, and we connect.” </span></div><p></p><p class="p1" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-size: 17px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span class="s1" style="font-family: UICTFontTextStyleBody;"><br /></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhZR5uUByVxn_ZTAeMnlCxG8XxVeXbYGwU2RjE_q0ObpCBPY3YAmldt3QyVdVLFa4raRv4Ne-Tu6IUfPOhQ5OgGP-Bnf8UZBXDXKp4DQqiPpqBc-1zS2uuVoW2hvZ6LFPnVwgvkFzelSNc65lZ-8NHFQZXC2CYo8XKCCRZDKeps791Znewb4eDtWPV_UQ0/s4032/IMG_5392.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhZR5uUByVxn_ZTAeMnlCxG8XxVeXbYGwU2RjE_q0ObpCBPY3YAmldt3QyVdVLFa4raRv4Ne-Tu6IUfPOhQ5OgGP-Bnf8UZBXDXKp4DQqiPpqBc-1zS2uuVoW2hvZ6LFPnVwgvkFzelSNc65lZ-8NHFQZXC2CYo8XKCCRZDKeps791Znewb4eDtWPV_UQ0/s320/IMG_5392.jpeg" width="320" /></a></div><p class="p1" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-size: 17px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span class="s1" style="font-family: UICTFontTextStyleBody;"></span></p>MIGZ TATZhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10587373383024203379noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6393847256843285309.post-9076396900392524622024-01-06T20:16:00.000-05:002024-01-07T00:14:54.099-05:00MASTERY: hour •2<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><span style="text-align: left;">1.5.24</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><span style="text-align: left;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><p></p><p style="text-align: justify;">The nature of the works at MOMA don’t necessarily lend themselves to be subjects for the more academic drawings I typically do at museums. Nonetheless I attended their free Friday night to reinvigorate my passion for creating. While strolling through the museum I kept a watchful eye out for anything that may be suitable for a drawing. I came across Head of Montserra II by Julio Gonzalez. A bronze portrait bust of a woman screaming. I made about 3 attempts to sketch this sculpture, all while wearing a pair of red glasses to highlight the contrast in values. It had been a while since I have done any observational drawing, which has become increasingly difficult because of some issues with my eye sight as well as body injuries. I was quite pleased with the opportunity to get lost in the drawing and dip into a state of flow where the eye and the hand work with some automaticity. Here are the results. I am also including some warm up sketches I did while on the train so that you can see the progression from the sketch to the final. </p></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj8C2Bgb5ZgJX7vyJuZWEdztmrYIy54fShxCqyVpuLwD0mIVxcHimIMFys-sw2IC8Xew26TeGkOoTX62Hfr77P9mtTb95zYKBDpVKkVF5GwM37SvCYoFbU0bCsK16MYC9fDB_r0VGmWC-04QPULBEIAz8RPBMzxuytAA2qKTiZe8Tby0jG4eXWR1GWqgXs/s4032/IMG_3018.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj8C2Bgb5ZgJX7vyJuZWEdztmrYIy54fShxCqyVpuLwD0mIVxcHimIMFys-sw2IC8Xew26TeGkOoTX62Hfr77P9mtTb95zYKBDpVKkVF5GwM37SvCYoFbU0bCsK16MYC9fDB_r0VGmWC-04QPULBEIAz8RPBMzxuytAA2qKTiZe8Tby0jG4eXWR1GWqgXs/s320/IMG_3018.jpeg" width="240" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhrMx1NUPlPMf0rRDzZayrnru4m7ICiTzxZWVNEHWvrrd5_Tt3iZMxsaZTdsFPQ_8gZFjf9-CZYTB7UqRBfSUTS18PMF5Wr0wuUKVjba8BaGpxzricwMLk1af1w0GUurHOhPtd55pizfnidceFBkNiOx7fdZNhNrMnnyN9zmwwLudiey5ye1CMo2UPojqg/s4032/IMG_2931.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhrMx1NUPlPMf0rRDzZayrnru4m7ICiTzxZWVNEHWvrrd5_Tt3iZMxsaZTdsFPQ_8gZFjf9-CZYTB7UqRBfSUTS18PMF5Wr0wuUKVjba8BaGpxzricwMLk1af1w0GUurHOhPtd55pizfnidceFBkNiOx7fdZNhNrMnnyN9zmwwLudiey5ye1CMo2UPojqg/s320/IMG_2931.jpeg" width="240" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="266" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/UveXvoOwTF8" width="320" youtube-src-id="UveXvoOwTF8"></iframe></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhY7L3UnoeqldVM1qQRzlqsG5k5UQVEMtqadpj59ODL_Nh2fwsaJQ3a03Hr9ORYEuTX2EDuuHuBPjXJFx_Ml7MMqdRjm_LmS_578o6tjdHPmbtCrN5HetE5uVxLKC1TeDlULZGJmSBPKqbfSepTOIxtDIYcOmge_Hy66CKkQowzNoIc-t_uA9eAMpSeHUY/s4032/IMG_2917.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhY7L3UnoeqldVM1qQRzlqsG5k5UQVEMtqadpj59ODL_Nh2fwsaJQ3a03Hr9ORYEuTX2EDuuHuBPjXJFx_Ml7MMqdRjm_LmS_578o6tjdHPmbtCrN5HetE5uVxLKC1TeDlULZGJmSBPKqbfSepTOIxtDIYcOmge_Hy66CKkQowzNoIc-t_uA9eAMpSeHUY/s320/IMG_2917.jpeg" width="240" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhCWgiudXxHO4b_Barx97Lb8yX3YZA-VZunGIGfKhNoj_DjAc0ErveTbH4PviHQBDIW85DUcbgsi3rJYAqJNk2aEDRP0ANF1bwChpXPMPN3ZjYylTWH4QTzVlMni_xfHcUZeQUxsqJITqfvGtTnLX54BP8i6L8Oha2IH4z-3mp-TFnDXLJe4rxo5gNDHno/s4032/IMG_2909.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhCWgiudXxHO4b_Barx97Lb8yX3YZA-VZunGIGfKhNoj_DjAc0ErveTbH4PviHQBDIW85DUcbgsi3rJYAqJNk2aEDRP0ANF1bwChpXPMPN3ZjYylTWH4QTzVlMni_xfHcUZeQUxsqJITqfvGtTnLX54BP8i6L8Oha2IH4z-3mp-TFnDXLJe4rxo5gNDHno/s320/IMG_2909.jpeg" width="240" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div></span><br /></div><p><br /></p><p><br /></p>MIGZ TATZhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10587373383024203379noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6393847256843285309.post-46472521691280911212024-01-05T17:41:00.000-05:002024-01-06T23:30:50.479-05:00MOMA<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><span class="s1" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-family: UICTFontTextStyleBody; text-align: left; text-size-adjust: auto;">1.5.24</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><span class="s1" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-family: UICTFontTextStyleBody; text-align: left; text-size-adjust: auto;">As I was sitting in the prime seat at MOMA in a room of Henri Matisse’s paper cut work</span><span class="s1" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-family: UICTFontTextStyleBody; text-align: left; text-size-adjust: auto;"> </span><span class="s1" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-family: UICTFontTextStyleBody; text-align: left; text-size-adjust: auto;">(swimming pool?), a Little girl sat next to me. She was speaking a different language but from her tone I could tell she was bored and trying to signal to her parents let’s go. Then she faded into a humming and singing and her melody and tempo matched what was in my headphones at a very low level. I don’t know how to explain this moment of synchronicity. But there is Magic in every day life. I’ll take it as a moment of God saying hello to me. </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="s1" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-family: UICTFontTextStyleBody; text-align: left; text-size-adjust: auto;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgXsDZIRtdsF9s15QPyKWNZ1XEkg0cIuRjZXDYUmOLyf7MayBwnO_h53cbwCuabVDXU9cfoyL4W22R3aJxGKjQn662qf2b3Bs1g8gqdpJJ7E35AliS-5RS6NmtjdZTd_RPtzFxCW4-hjhHaFbXdF4lSUSdgKLDe4ukbK122tJoViOF_thFIa0z0m3Qbwxg/s4032/IMG_1228_Original.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgXsDZIRtdsF9s15QPyKWNZ1XEkg0cIuRjZXDYUmOLyf7MayBwnO_h53cbwCuabVDXU9cfoyL4W22R3aJxGKjQn662qf2b3Bs1g8gqdpJJ7E35AliS-5RS6NmtjdZTd_RPtzFxCW4-hjhHaFbXdF4lSUSdgKLDe4ukbK122tJoViOF_thFIa0z0m3Qbwxg/s320/IMG_1228_Original.jpeg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgEQmjPGMQ5qIaO5PEq5FLFd2QFGwTOhrme-BVuMmVdX453dxysypkxm34H5HsSx-dfNI4oQQsUbTIOIN3FfuvEZcjJ8mig5IXZX_qNW3CI8AtXCNlmmXlJpq3hSOzB_pesjZZHemhQdd34fmJBFhZdIt9bb1gpiWuQUiRZhH_lf-EF7-mrf2KvFJCxsBU/s4032/IMG_1224_Original.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgEQmjPGMQ5qIaO5PEq5FLFd2QFGwTOhrme-BVuMmVdX453dxysypkxm34H5HsSx-dfNI4oQQsUbTIOIN3FfuvEZcjJ8mig5IXZX_qNW3CI8AtXCNlmmXlJpq3hSOzB_pesjZZHemhQdd34fmJBFhZdIt9bb1gpiWuQUiRZhH_lf-EF7-mrf2KvFJCxsBU/s320/IMG_1224_Original.jpeg" width="240" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhSvMwxMxkGPtIMZOv34ZggRn0_kruEas9C-OojL7uXO8KKZKTTtspPHTXZSJpKh4RpP6ajTgv_x3f8yjtBtTeGbztJ1cj3t6G9d1DaLg00od414DXcebPDScXnwcHQSk2fOVWp73qI68TFKU8-P_vd_7JTw87TNwVvBFTiMT-bSqTOWtRGkBRrdCIx5Lw/s4032/IMG_4620_Original.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhSvMwxMxkGPtIMZOv34ZggRn0_kruEas9C-OojL7uXO8KKZKTTtspPHTXZSJpKh4RpP6ajTgv_x3f8yjtBtTeGbztJ1cj3t6G9d1DaLg00od414DXcebPDScXnwcHQSk2fOVWp73qI68TFKU8-P_vd_7JTw87TNwVvBFTiMT-bSqTOWtRGkBRrdCIx5Lw/s320/IMG_4620_Original.jpeg" width="240" /></a></div><br /><span class="s1" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-family: UICTFontTextStyleBody; text-align: left; text-size-adjust: auto;"><br /></span></div><p></p>MIGZ TATZhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10587373383024203379noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6393847256843285309.post-86827741035842154072024-01-03T18:24:00.000-05:002024-01-06T23:51:13.263-05:00MASTERY: hour •1<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;">1.3.24</div><div style="text-align: justify;">Getting the ball rolling again. It’s a love hate relationship with working on the black paper and white charcoal. But at the moment when time is of a constraint and I need the quick dopamine hit, these sketches/drawings will have to suffice. I am still in search of how I will transition from this stage into the next. </div><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgLy1x3MsfRxaOsRIsAl6FBF5S6wURwIfkHLGlII4tb5BlrhH366xPEIJfwaRGbuhDWV8uy-NdsVmiDwMnovS1hsJ0bi4SSDEHUZR4knp-f7CQ6PqYJvI5VBdNnJ8ZpchozF9p2M9eJ9ayKjrjCR8mO11pvBeopOGpUiKyY4BxbRDC-MchXmtMqDeRd-O0/s4634/IMG_2618.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4634" data-original-width="3150" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgLy1x3MsfRxaOsRIsAl6FBF5S6wURwIfkHLGlII4tb5BlrhH366xPEIJfwaRGbuhDWV8uy-NdsVmiDwMnovS1hsJ0bi4SSDEHUZR4knp-f7CQ6PqYJvI5VBdNnJ8ZpchozF9p2M9eJ9ayKjrjCR8mO11pvBeopOGpUiKyY4BxbRDC-MchXmtMqDeRd-O0/s320/IMG_2618.png" width="218" /></a></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEieYNJE0FyliXzrnYCF3CAs9uVTSlYtNRuk7PVTHTdF2Nzdd-X3cIINmQFVwz_V65no6-Ppx3vKCp7CFp4RzIbi7MI5JDDDOWeFhtJpPbDqnmXvoBlLUNeoYHa8RwQV7SAKzJnQ0j-6-dN3hBVvRJEGyyKNDCO82FkWt4D-98gkA0VWS4Iz1UNfqNFMbos/s3840/Snapshot%2003-01-2024%2005:28.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2160" data-original-width="3840" height="180" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEieYNJE0FyliXzrnYCF3CAs9uVTSlYtNRuk7PVTHTdF2Nzdd-X3cIINmQFVwz_V65no6-Ppx3vKCp7CFp4RzIbi7MI5JDDDOWeFhtJpPbDqnmXvoBlLUNeoYHa8RwQV7SAKzJnQ0j-6-dN3hBVvRJEGyyKNDCO82FkWt4D-98gkA0VWS4Iz1UNfqNFMbos/s320/Snapshot%2003-01-2024%2005:28.jpeg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="266" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/rZUWVAOmQOU" width="320" youtube-src-id="rZUWVAOmQOU"></iframe></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><p><br /></p>MIGZ TATZhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10587373383024203379noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6393847256843285309.post-16088608703302901882023-12-20T19:09:00.000-05:002024-01-06T19:19:04.112-05:00LIFE THOUGHT<p><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-family: UICTFontTextStyleBody; font-size: 17px;">When a person steers the direction of their life vs just going along for the ride, it takes a tremendous amount of energy. Like riding a bull. One is less enjoyable and more stressful, but yields high results. People who steer can often be difficult to deal with as their determination leaves them with little patience for anything that’s slows them down from meeting the goal or vision</span></p>MIGZ TATZhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10587373383024203379noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6393847256843285309.post-70695068558698778542023-12-19T19:04:00.000-05:002024-01-06T23:32:08.448-05:00ART THOUGHT<p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-family: UICTFontTextStyleBody; font-size: 17px;">Context. What understandings are present when someone interacts with your work? Are there baseline cultural understandings? Are there universal human understandings? Are there specific understandings necessary in order to interpret the art on a certain level?</span></p>MIGZ TATZhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10587373383024203379noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6393847256843285309.post-70459270525160207592023-12-13T19:09:00.000-05:002024-01-06T19:18:44.538-05:00LIFE THOUGHT<p><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-family: UICTFontTextStyleBody; font-size: 17px;">I navigate with all my sensors on high at all times. This makes it difficult for me to function in a world of “normal” people because I am experiencing the world completely differently.</span></p>MIGZ TATZhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10587373383024203379noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6393847256843285309.post-90471806240289670322023-11-30T19:02:00.001-05:002024-01-06T19:03:51.657-05:00RICK RUBIN BOOK<p style="text-align: justify;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjV36AH2_uGM2hmNB-M_zlsKIP_QV1gNuT3xOrWjQ0aTqVdmGVZ11q-UV92wQW-FXL6kClRszvekOC_hVgGNhKdrmbN23pbdpvZQdo1jtXCGgPFE4NY0_jfBDHp42Y2vm37mEhV_XGZMze5R6OFjsk4PzPsjcYwimVk0PuOH9rrVggXLP-2fVBO08LaSac/s3817/IMG_5840_Original.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3817" data-original-width="2780" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjV36AH2_uGM2hmNB-M_zlsKIP_QV1gNuT3xOrWjQ0aTqVdmGVZ11q-UV92wQW-FXL6kClRszvekOC_hVgGNhKdrmbN23pbdpvZQdo1jtXCGgPFE4NY0_jfBDHp42Y2vm37mEhV_XGZMze5R6OFjsk4PzPsjcYwimVk0PuOH9rrVggXLP-2fVBO08LaSac/s320/IMG_5840_Original.jpeg" width="233" /></a></div><br /><p></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-family: UICTFontTextStyleBody; font-size: 17px;">If you know what you want to do, and you do it, that’s the work of a craftsman. If you begin with a question and use it to guide an adventure of discovery, that’s the work of an artist. - Rick Rubin</span></p><p class="p2" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-size: 17px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 22px; text-align: justify;"><span class="s1" style="font-family: UICTFontTextStyleBody;"></span><br /></p><p class="p1" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-size: 17px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: justify;"><span class="s1" style="font-family: UICTFontTextStyleBody;">Create an environment where you are free to express what you are afraid to express. - Rick Rubin</span></p>MIGZ TATZhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10587373383024203379noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6393847256843285309.post-62602844538769523002023-11-28T22:15:00.000-05:002024-01-06T21:46:17.727-05:00HIATUS<p>Been almost a year since I went to the seminar with Mister Troshin at Vatican Studios. After completing it I was ready to come roaring in with new tattoos using the techniques I learned. Not long after, my mother disappeared for a day and then found only to learn she had a massive brain tumor. She had a successful surgery 🙏. I spent the brunt of this past year helping her recover, situating her living arrangement as she stays with me now, and still trying to be a good dad to my 2 little ones.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhGIr6P19AxPIFBFA0Hk7CGXmuKj1IjLAZfcz00p9F9v7gBUSk_OR-f2v6jrdhT47pvQzABHOWZI6eKUeOJuL10ODbw2fyEcZ6eyn5-c6mRdiZqggk0TTwPgQ_iBcBW8P2zroMeQcxqgugoP6sR21FQ72hlFryAegT9GR4YxctTRBMmfYnIdXGPEMBmazY/s1672/IMG_3056.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1672" data-original-width="1290" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhGIr6P19AxPIFBFA0Hk7CGXmuKj1IjLAZfcz00p9F9v7gBUSk_OR-f2v6jrdhT47pvQzABHOWZI6eKUeOJuL10ODbw2fyEcZ6eyn5-c6mRdiZqggk0TTwPgQ_iBcBW8P2zroMeQcxqgugoP6sR21FQ72hlFryAegT9GR4YxctTRBMmfYnIdXGPEMBmazY/s320/IMG_3056.jpeg" width="247" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg1PXSsILHEOTSZdPsnXB_L9ySHsBPy0O4-eoXxc2eDd_jmh7PAJpd_tROi2iinGulLOoD17css1fNr2dyd2EjcNXGBD6LosfDcYdCH7fXeV7Fe9tugk9Xfm6VfUQz7PX6TprqjSm0EDxHP4nNMUusTMOlh2VFGn49quz8GM4aojZG0jdrrGTwlSUzg2AY/s1600/IMG_3054.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1600" data-original-width="1289" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg1PXSsILHEOTSZdPsnXB_L9ySHsBPy0O4-eoXxc2eDd_jmh7PAJpd_tROi2iinGulLOoD17css1fNr2dyd2EjcNXGBD6LosfDcYdCH7fXeV7Fe9tugk9Xfm6VfUQz7PX6TprqjSm0EDxHP4nNMUusTMOlh2VFGn49quz8GM4aojZG0jdrrGTwlSUzg2AY/s320/IMG_3054.jpeg" width="258" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjQz5kd9P6mFV6ZDg2Uht-Zbuf26dNuI9grUL9VeILUxfheGH5MAJHxWY0-3g-iVpdtDO31f0sG2yhaKooZv8_RWlWlswwS2bzoyTWCjBo6BHTfevWJob4xhUcW6sRSMCIMFEUGFps2JE_vaMaSDy21ziqEqj28AUIxS7zio-czKXy72gvFMqjmkC-JX04/s1469/IMG_3055.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1469" data-original-width="1289" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjQz5kd9P6mFV6ZDg2Uht-Zbuf26dNuI9grUL9VeILUxfheGH5MAJHxWY0-3g-iVpdtDO31f0sG2yhaKooZv8_RWlWlswwS2bzoyTWCjBo6BHTfevWJob4xhUcW6sRSMCIMFEUGFps2JE_vaMaSDy21ziqEqj28AUIxS7zio-czKXy72gvFMqjmkC-JX04/s320/IMG_3055.jpeg" width="281" /></a></div><br /><p><br /></p>MIGZ TATZhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10587373383024203379noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6393847256843285309.post-87167570837392260252023-11-27T18:58:00.000-05:002024-01-06T18:58:50.222-05:00ART THOUGHT<p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-family: UICTFontTextStyleBody; font-size: 17px;">Use your art to reveal who you are, and connect with people- anonymously. Put your loves, fears, desires, secrets, into your work. The audience who it resonates with will reveal your tribe.</span></p>MIGZ TATZhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10587373383024203379noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6393847256843285309.post-54770163004362617732023-11-24T18:55:00.000-05:002024-01-06T18:57:41.413-05:00ART THOUGHT<p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-family: UICTFontTextStyleBody; font-size: 17px;">As I complete this masters certificate program in Art history, I am stricken by the lack of representation of women and artists of color over the centuries. I understand the historical reasons behind their exclusion due to the makeup of the ruling class, however I now question its impact on the Eurocentric artists I idolized, and how homogenous that group is. Now, as an adult, I must make the effort outside the education system</span><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-family: UICTFontTextStyleBody; font-size: 17px;"> </span> <span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-family: UICTFontTextStyleBody; font-size: 17px;">to inform and dedicate myself to gain a wider understanding.</span></p>MIGZ TATZhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10587373383024203379noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6393847256843285309.post-77426893091892005532023-11-22T18:54:00.000-05:002024-01-06T18:54:34.762-05:00ART THOUGHT<p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-family: UICTFontTextStyleBody; font-size: 17px;">There are centuries of artistic legacy with illusionism and technical mastery pushed to the highest degree. Now I am looking for the interesting, experimental, and explorative. I still crave to have something visually appealing, but that cannot be the only dimension to the work.</span></p>MIGZ TATZhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10587373383024203379noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6393847256843285309.post-8271389598820995882023-11-20T18:51:00.000-05:002024-01-06T18:53:27.561-05:00ART THOUGHT<p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-family: UICTFontTextStyleBody; font-size: 17px;">Proper documentation and presentation is essential. One’s method of documentation can make an average work seem extraordinary, and conversely, make the extraordinary seem average.</span></p>MIGZ TATZhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10587373383024203379noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6393847256843285309.post-16507916740922124932023-11-18T18:49:00.000-05:002024-01-06T18:53:10.336-05:00ART THOUGHT<p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-family: UICTFontTextStyleBody; font-size: 17px;">It's hard to recapture the energy and flow of a previous moment. However, one can add a new dimension or layer to the work that gives added depth if revisited. The exception is a work that is planned and executed with process. It is already factored in that there will be multiple sits. Perhaps it is a question of to what degree is it spontaneous and expressive vs methodical and calculated.</span></p>MIGZ TATZhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10587373383024203379noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6393847256843285309.post-11666439017315871042023-11-16T18:52:00.000-05:002024-01-06T18:52:51.577-05:00ART THOUGHT<p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-family: UICTFontTextStyleBody; font-size: 17px;">Make greatness your norm. Is it necessary to see the distance between a baseline and what is greatness? Or should you only consume greatness so that is your baseline? Then your idea of greatness will be beyond that.</span></p>MIGZ TATZhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10587373383024203379noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6393847256843285309.post-84134042889058800442023-11-01T19:05:00.000-04:002024-01-06T19:06:10.137-05:00ART THOUGHT<p><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-family: UICTFontTextStyleBody; font-size: 17px;">Is the essence of modernism the stripping away of the inessential to get to the very basic core and primary elements of something and use that to shift perspective?</span></p>MIGZ TATZhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10587373383024203379noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6393847256843285309.post-67941600964837248872023-10-19T18:59:00.000-04:002024-01-06T19:01:15.260-05:00LIFE THOUGHT<p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-family: UICTFontTextStyleBody; font-size: 17px;">Focused energy, intention, and direction combine together as a moving force that will allow you to cut through the fabric of reality, displacing resistance like a pointed tip through water, and reveal the direct path.</span></p>MIGZ TATZhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10587373383024203379noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6393847256843285309.post-27357832804583217402023-10-17T19:00:00.001-04:002024-01-06T19:01:03.874-05:00LIFE THOUGHT<p> <span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-family: UICTFontTextStyleBody; font-size: 17px;">Look for omens as you walk on your path. Doors open at certain times when the universe converges in your favor. But you must be on the path, and you must walk it.</span></p>MIGZ TATZhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10587373383024203379noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6393847256843285309.post-68798548991308627812023-09-13T19:10:00.000-04:002024-01-06T20:30:06.463-05:00ART THOUGHT<p><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-family: UICTFontTextStyleBody; font-size: 17px;">Creative energy can be applied to almost anything. Why as a culture are we so consumed by simple and singular definitions of things? One can love to paint, enjoy painting, and then easily enjoy using that same creative energy to cook or organize their deal the next day. Why must art be a product? An end game? Why can’t art be the spirit of creation and the act of creation itself?</span></p>MIGZ TATZhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10587373383024203379noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6393847256843285309.post-6473308105291397722023-09-06T19:16:00.000-04:002024-01-06T20:29:11.563-05:00RODIN AND MODERNISM<p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-family: UICTFontTextStyleBody; font-size: 17px;">An awesome tidbit I learned about Rodin last semester is that he was considered the father of Modern sculpture. Why? Because he explored the idea of what it meant to be a sculpture. What figural elements were unnecessary, and could be eliminated, while the overall piece still communicated the essential. Here are examples of this idea in his work. Can arms be missing and still show a human form? Legs? Head?</span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi7rAEn89kF4C0KJ7btG8ku2NVc-S3M-DaSJxwuwQ0Y5mGmZvbbK_AFfTAomQnRXQxZLJIzX4laSd2rjWpU6o265xWlya-R3fHzh-0pHxk-8q3_SCCFJGbmLxFHvDK5cQ1yKoPDJi8daV3-XCqgmPGDVeA5bnXTxj1fL3DN9xVBQaLCX5aIJ3S-5helFSs/s800/IMG_3058.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="800" data-original-width="571" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi7rAEn89kF4C0KJ7btG8ku2NVc-S3M-DaSJxwuwQ0Y5mGmZvbbK_AFfTAomQnRXQxZLJIzX4laSd2rjWpU6o265xWlya-R3fHzh-0pHxk-8q3_SCCFJGbmLxFHvDK5cQ1yKoPDJi8daV3-XCqgmPGDVeA5bnXTxj1fL3DN9xVBQaLCX5aIJ3S-5helFSs/s320/IMG_3058.png" width="228" /></a></div><br /><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-family: UICTFontTextStyleBody; font-size: 17px;"><br /></span><p></p>MIGZ TATZhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10587373383024203379noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6393847256843285309.post-20546708561972159442023-08-24T19:11:00.000-04:002024-01-06T20:29:38.344-05:00ART THOUGHT<p><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-family: UICTFontTextStyleBody; font-size: 17px;">I steer clear of anything that defines anything when it comes to art. They are all containers and boxes. The connection, or lack there of, between the artist, the art, and the viewer, need not be validated by anything else except for what resonates. Expansive thinking is more constructive than reductive.</span></p>MIGZ TATZhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10587373383024203379noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6393847256843285309.post-86940860772858108102023-08-18T22:17:00.002-04:002023-12-31T22:18:35.532-05:00FOR ME<p>I tried to draw again after almost a year hiatus. It was a struggle. The time constraint and pressure to do something that looks “substantial” was interfering with the purity of the process. I had to remind myself that it was for me and what it looked like didn’t matter.</p>MIGZ TATZhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10587373383024203379noreply@blogger.com