Along the passing months, tentative steps have been taken in order to further actualize the visual arts. As the writing side of things has been left - for the moment - on the back seat, the question of conceptualization has plagued the mind. In the post titled "In search for the perfect medium", I alluded at the idea that only music, ultimately, could be sufficiently close to bringing forth the full "image" of this artistic endeavour. However, as it became increasingly clear that I lack both the funds and the skills to even begin taking on this monumental task, I instead opted to focus on furthering the visual side of things. Thus, these paintings.
As the summer turned into autumn, and autumn slowly now turning into winter, I took on to attempting a number of "physical prototypes" - that is, with the thought of how could the digital images be translated into the objective world. No doubt the digital side, with the reach of internet, will ultimately prove more useful than the traditional route of distributing the vision. However, there's something inarguably tangible in the physical medium, and paintings are something that could - theoretically at least - be sold to an interested art-enthusiast... whereas the digital copies can be endlessly reciprocrated, their value quickly diminishing to zero. As a sidenote, I also briefly looked into the wild world of NFT's as well, a process of "minting" images into unique tokens via crypto-means... a long story, and not that pertinent to this post. In short, it turned out to be a dead end. At least for the moment. So, what of the physical copies, then, that I've managed to create a fair number by now? Per usual, I do not know, other than making a blog post about the progress. The paintings now hang on the walls of my room, staring idly at the artist. Perhaps a physical memento of sorts, of having had at least something completed, but so far they've yielded little financial value - in fact, only negative. This is, of course, entirely on me, since virtually no-one knows of their existence due to my distaste of marketing. In the end, it's up to the individual alone to do something about it, but knowing how the world operates, with its vicious greed, envy and opportunism, the options of seeking outside help seem woefully limited. As for now, I shall continue making these prototypes, in the hopes of eventually having the strength of will to connect "relevant personalities" of the field. The types of personalities who, no doubt, will laugh me out the room, but this is to be expected. I shall not weep about it - it will only strenghten my resolve for Sophia.
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