Slice One

http://adventuresincreativity.net/sliceone.wmv (4 min.)

This digital re-mix might be called “The Creative Adventure” meets “I Ching - the Book of Changes.” I took original paintings, collages and graphic images from my two-hour video, The Creative Adventure, and sliced and spliced them into a video montage. I used custom created filters, accidental juxtapositions and other chance elements in this composition. As a semi-abstract video artist, I began with the whole and worked towards the details, even with the music. This was not a linear process-- what was at the beginning ended up in the end or somewhere in the middle.

I find the use of chance in the digital re-mix puts things together in ways I had not anticipated, but I believe the aesthetic dimension is choosing what to keep and what to discard. As Robert Rauschenberg said, “The drips maybe accidental, but I choose which ones to keep.”

Some changes in my website

I have redesigned my website so that my latest projects and thoughts will be on this blog, and my website, www.adventuresincreativity.net will separate the material into topics such as videos, art, photography, music, poetry, books, inventions, wellness, workshops, inventions and innovations. The "Adventures in Creativity Multimedia Magazine" E-zine will be replaced by this blog.

Before I discovered the blog, I was putting New Projects on a separate webpage. You might check out what was current the summer of 2006; but the blog formate seems more appropriate now for more rapidly changing material.

Colorblind

http://adventuresincreativity.net/video.htm

I am beginning to offer a video blog of original images and sound. The painting, photographs and video as well as the music and soundscapes I created for your enjoyment.

The latest offering is Colorblind. This video based upon my poem, “Colorblind,” takes video art to a higher level. Created with customized computer filters, novel flowing arrangements of flower shapes, with music improvised with soft-synths, this psychological journey will fascinate you. (20 min.)

I find it works well in windows media player and is a wmv file.