Abstract Feelings

Abstract is not real? Abstract is unclear? Understanding abstract art is in the eye of the beholder! We can make it real or give it a meaning if we want to. If something doesn't make sense to you, it doesn't mean that it doesn't make sense to someone else. I believe that abstract art is a form of expression. It's creation is in the artists feelings, it's interpretation in our feelings. Like in dance and music, the movements and sounds are directly related to the dancers and musicians feelings. Through the colors chosen by the artist, and the way the paint is applied on the canvas, we can make a hypothetical conclusion of the artists state of emotion during that time.

Diebenkorn's Ocean Park No. 45 has no apparent meaning at first glance. With out knowing the artist, or what motivated the idea of the painting, it is extremely difficult to come to any kind of conclusion. I'll stick to my initial idea, that the conjunction of the colored bars tells a story that only the artist can reveal. Every thing else is pure speculation.

Sharon Dolin's perspective on Joan Mitchell's Black Paintings focuses mainly in negative form. Most of the poems have a dark scenery to them. Winter, rain , and clouds are used frequently through out the poems. Contrary to the second part of the book, the poems in the first part are enlightened. A sense of well being and happiness are present.