Posts Tagged ‘outsider art’
John L. Stanizzi, Poet: “Teaching didn’t do anything for my soul. It gave me a soul.”
“Teaching didn’t do anything for my soul. It gave me a soul.”
Read MoreLeaving Normal: the Outsider Artists
One of the hardest things in the world is to piece together one’s own Truth, inspired in part by what has already gone before, yet here and there altered to fit with a personal code and mores not necessarily shared by those who love you.
Read MoreAlo Street Artist, East London and Italy
“I’ve always been drawn to those outside society. Myself, I feel I belong most to this side of mankind. I think the criteria people use to make this distinction is deeply wrong.” — Alo, Street Artist
Read MoreIn Pursuit of the Sublime
Many of the sights and sounds we’re subjected to in our society are harsh and disturbing. Psychologically and spiritually toxic. Scenes of cruelty, vindictiveness, ugliness and pettiness saturate the media and poison the mental atmosphere. I like the fact that I am sending out into the world images, pictures, little visions, that may do a tiny bit to counteract all that and communicate a sense of beauty, gentle humanity, grace, even holiness. It makes me feel like I’m doing something worthwhile in this sad, sad world.
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