#art, «I’m not an Artist»

(FBC in front of «Astoria, NY» an original work by FBC/All Rights Reserved)

I am not an artist, or an artisan or a painter. I am a chronicler of the times. I’m the one who documents my life in pictures and in drawings. I keep time in that manner. I keep moments, minutes, seconds, eternities, captured in black line on paper or in paint on canvases. What is art anyways…

To me art is the search…

To search implies a desire to find. And to find means placing something…the found…in space and time. Capturing that moment. Forming nothingness into a something concrete, something palpable. That is art. And art can only be that which is found. It cannot exist a priory and sometimes it does not last more than the time it takes to ponder a thought.

Art is not even abstract or figurative. Art is the passing of moments over a surface. It lingers there, captured in time. The synapsis interrupted. The neurons raped and violated by curiosity and by the will to portray what is fleeting and make it permanent. But art does not need permanency…

What does art need? Is art sublime? Is darkness sublime?

(I will leave that question open to discussion. What do you think?)

OMNIA CAELUM STUDIOS PRESENTS

Cheers…

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Cassa Bassa dice:

04/05/2023 a las 14:15

You also summarised why I write poetry and micro stories, to capture the moment which passing so quickly.

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1. valenciartist dice:
  
  04/05/2023 a las 15:53
  
  Absolutely Cassa, I write day, time year and even what I was listening to at the time… thank you 🙏🏻
  
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Volfredo dice:

04/05/2023 a las 14:15

Su eres artista y de los buenos, que nadie ponga eso en duda. Feliz día.

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1. valenciartist dice:
  
  04/05/2023 a las 15:51
  
  Gracias mil amigo Volfredo! Feliz día.
  
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Easymalc dice:

04/05/2023 a las 14:19

I can’t asnswer your question Francesc but what I can say is that this was a thoroughly enjoyable video, and the music was magic without the mushrooms 🙂

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1. equipsblog dice:
  
  04/05/2023 a las 15:02
  
  Looks like you took a walk on the dark side for this video and emerged artistically empowered on the other side. I liked this song and it seems totally different from your usual melodies. I loved the pictures you included in this video. You take on being a chronicler resonated with me. Many of my poem are a response to something I have seen or felt so you are spot on. Glad Malc mentioned the video, because I might have overlooked it.
  
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  1. valenciartist dice:
    
    04/05/2023 a las 15:48
    
    Thank you so much Pat. It’s a song from way back more than 15 years ago we recorded in Miami. So glad you liked it. 😊
    
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  2. equipsblog dice:
    
    04/05/2023 a las 15:50
    
    Really did. It fit the video nicely. Was this based upon a real life experience or an imagining?
    
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  3. valenciartist dice:
    
    04/05/2023 a las 15:58
    
    Hmm 🤔…
    
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  4. equipsblog dice:
    
    04/05/2023 a las 16:00
    
    I’ll interpret that as a No comment. 😉
    
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  5. valenciartist dice:
    
    04/05/2023 a las 18:36
    
    No, I mean that most, if not everything that I write, I create artistically, perhaps taking from experiences either mine or that I hear about, but basically not autobiographical. They are part of my life at the time, but not necessarily because I had experienced them in the flesh, let us say. I might have just dreamt it all up, artistically that is… get it?
    
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  6. equipsblog dice:
    
    04/05/2023 a las 19:29
    
    Thanks for the clarification.
    
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  7. valenciartist dice:
    
    04/05/2023 a las 21:14
    
    You’re welcome Pat…
    
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2. equipsblog dice:
  
  04/05/2023 a las 15:03
  
  Thanks for mentioning the video, Malc. I really enjoyed it and found it atypical for a Francisco video. I agree with his saying he is a chronicler; some of my poetry also marks what I have experienced or seen.
  
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3. valenciartist dice:
  
  04/05/2023 a las 15:50
  
  Lovely! Thank you Malc! So glad you liked it. It’s an old song from my days in the States…
  
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  1. Easymalc dice:
    
    04/05/2023 a las 15:52
    
    I thought as much.
    
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Cindy Georgakas dice:

04/08/2023 a las 16:54

so beautiful.. I so agree~!

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1. valenciartist dice:
  
  04/08/2023 a las 18:39
  
  Thank you so much Cindy!
  
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  1. Cindy Georgakas dice:
    
    04/08/2023 a las 18:49
    
    Indeed. You’re always welcome! 💞
    
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  2. valenciartist dice:
    
    04/08/2023 a las 22:49
    
    🌹🙏🏻🌹
    
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christinenovalarue dice:

04/18/2023 a las 07:24

🧡🧡🎨

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1. valenciartist dice:
  
  04/18/2023 a las 08:20
  
  Merci! 🌹🙏🏻😊
  
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petlwanemolotsi4@gmail.com dice:

05/20/2024 a las 20:21

Artist, painter or chronicler who cares! YOU ARE GOOD AT WHAT YOU DO – If I may add some amplifiers…

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1. valenciartist dice:
  
  05/20/2024 a las 23:25
  
  Thank you so much my friend!
  
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  1. petlwanemolotsi4@gmail.com dice:
    
    06/07/2024 a las 19:43
    
    Surely welcome…
    
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