Meditation on The Absolute

This is a digital painting that I did in photoshop and then animated it. I created the music as well.

I am interested in meditation as well as putting the viewer in a meditation while watching, hopefully to put them in touch with a "spiritual" part of themselves which is something I am interested in investigating -I don't necessarily say it's definitely true. But perhaps my art/animation takes one to that place or illustrates it, and may (or may not) make the case for whether it's possible or not.

I am interested in creating figures that illustrate a "larger than life" or powerful energy source as emanating from them -or perhaps that they are experiencing within themselves. This, all in an effort, to explore aspects of a "spiritual" part of ourselves and whether it is possible or a part of our identities.

I am much more apt to suppose that if there were an "absolute consciousness" or "entity" that existed in the universe, that it/he/she would be part of our identity (and vice versa), but not separate from it.

I am interested in investigating how our identities may interlock with this "consciousness," -if said consciousness exists. I try to be as un-dogmatic as possible about my ideas and thoughts, which is why I like art, because it is more of a "show" and less of a "tell" type of experience.

The figure on the right is not hanging from a rope as someone supposed, but that is the line representing the corner of the room.

So those are my interests in general and behind this piece. I don't want to say too specifically what I was going for with this piece because I would hate to "tell" you what to think. I will say that with this video I am much less interested in creating a narrative in the traditional sense as I am in creating a psychological mood or ambience.

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Category:

Film & Animation

Tags:

• spiritual
• meditation
• self
• psychology
• psychological
• metaphysical
• psychological art
• meditation art
• art about self
• spiritual art
• los angeles artist
• los angeles art
• los angeles animator
• los angeles animation
• cal arts artist

[DaVince21]

Trippy...

The art somehow reminds me of my uncle's old work. At least, in the style of the faces.

[HeySamGraham]

awesome. i would like to check it out!

[DaVince21]

He doesn't have a website and I don't have many digital pictures of them, but I'll see what I can do.

[HeySamGraham]

awesome!

[cabbageapple]

Probably the coolest thing ive ever seen

[HeySamGraham]

thanks :)

[knittingtipsbyjudy]

wow, that was awesome!

[hobbesdream]

Superitual!

[hobbesdream]

Vein Glorious

[HeySamGraham]

thanks man!