badfishart diary flood paintings, the floating city of new orleans

[badfishart]

On my Fastaia channel KSaffron,"Wow. The muted colors & shapes that barely stand give a sense of the despair we felt upon seeing the devestation after Katrina.The music is a perfect complement..Great presentation." He understood the impossibility of painting the "reality" of Katrina.I set out to bring the viewer into a state of being,like awakening from a dream that lingers all day.I want the viewer to feel the emotion of the flood.Painting is poetic,it can only suggest sadness,longing,loss

[giabonaserra]

"What is required of us is that we love the difficult and learn to deal with it. In the difficult are the friendly forces, the hands that work on us. Right in the difficult we must have our joys, our happiness, our dreams: there against the depth of this background, they stand out, there for the first time we see how beautiful they are."

-Selected Letters of Rainer Maria Rilke

[gamvar]

Nice job! Berry berry inspirational.

[kevpinc]

Great Video! Looking forward to seeing more. Thanks for the inspiration.

[fastaia]

The Floating City" is a metaphor for the hope-filled hearts of the people of new orleans and seeks to convey the weight of loss while offering hope that the city will rise again.A square with a triangle is one of the first symbols a child draws. These naive houses represent our memory of and longing for home. YouTube has provided a place where Katrina will not be forgotten. My heart goes out to the people of New Orleans as I struggle to translate the sorrow I experience viewing the devastation.

[giabonaserra]

lovely paintings and great song to go with it