Steven I can’t tell you how much these videos have helped me, every one of them is like a shower for my creative soul. I’ve been on this path for a while now and your work is like taking the layers of ego mud that have built up on my skin off in one big chunk. I can’t wait for the next one.
I started experiencing something with my drawing practice. I did a study of a sphynx statue from a photo, and also a master study of a Claire Wendling drawing of a sphynx. I try to use brush pen and start making rhythmic lines while still feeling anxious about drawing from imagination, the nervous energy starts to coalesce into something. This one became a sphynx with a mane where the human and feline bodies conjoin. I would describe the sensation of drawing in this state and the drawing itself to be effervescent, the drawing looks like it's fizzing on the page, vibrating. This feeling is still different and distinct from the flow state. I would say music sometimes can trigger that flow state but it is charactized by a sensation of being in the moment or time slows down, a fluid enjoyment of the drawing. I can see the mistakes afterwards in the drawing and can see what I actually need to work on in terms of technique or anatomy.
It is quite the thing , as an artist, to realize space is an illusion mainly for the subtlety of the whole phenomenon in our perception of second to second daily experience. I'd love to see a conversation around this subject between you and Prokopenko, that'd be gold content. Thanks for the video.
its kind of soothing realizing that everything we percieve is just a random movie our brain makes for us sometimes, it makes things like worries about body image and other problems seem unimportant, thinking about this stuff is pretty amusing
During the pandemic, id often crack a beer open, look out my window and listen to eckhart tolle. I had just started having experiences of mild … ‘transcendence (?)’ around that time. Once time though, I had an extremely power feeling that I was emitting a magnetic field of sorta and it rippled through the space around me. It felt like the space and air around me was almost tangible and viscous. It was really remarkable but these experiences would sometimes end badly because my coping mechanisms for life would were not advanced enough to deal with views or experiences from that higher point of view coming back down to dysfunction. Really appreciate your video and you discussing these things, love your drawing meditations too! It’s so fascinating 😭😭😭😭😭 As the Buddha said, ‘the mind precedes all knowables’
I think I forgot what it was like to see things before learning to draw. The only thing I remember is trying to see things that weren't really there whenever I put pen to paper, as if a black fog was thoroughly covering me.
regarding your comments about scale its always intriguing to see how relative the world really is. For instance rivers flow the same way a cup of water might flow if you spilled it on an incline. Or how trees are still basically just plants and grow the same way a flower or bush does. The size of the things happening relative to us is often how we apply significance to things when in reality it all is pretty arbitrary. Tho it is pretty neat to think that the way we experience trees might be similar to how mice might view plants or smt.
@@StevenZapataArt Who would have thought a sofa joke would allow me to interact with THE art God Steven Zapata. The universe really does work in mysterious ways.
on thumbnail it looked like you lighten up bong. And i like - man he really goes deep into the topic
Proper name, this comment is definitely art
100%
Figured I'd check the comments to see how many others were thinking this lol
That's on theme so I'm okay with it.
@@StevenZapataArt this comment reminds me of how you talked about being blasted on weed as if you were not doing it yourself lol
Steven I can’t tell you how much these videos have helped me, every one of them is like a shower for my creative soul. I’ve been on this path for a while now and your work is like taking the layers of ego mud that have built up on my skin off in one big chunk. I can’t wait for the next one.
Zapata droppin' another treatise on the phenomenology of individual visual observation
love these kind of videos, i feel like anyone who's good at anything has a note of philosophy in their lives
yay another video! :D hope everyones having a great day today
I started experiencing something with my drawing practice. I did a study of a sphynx statue from a photo, and also a master study of a Claire Wendling drawing of a sphynx. I try to use brush pen and start making rhythmic lines while still feeling anxious about drawing from imagination, the nervous energy starts to coalesce into something. This one became a sphynx with a mane where the human and feline bodies conjoin. I would describe the sensation of drawing in this state and the drawing itself to be effervescent, the drawing looks like it's fizzing on the page, vibrating. This feeling is still different and distinct from the flow state. I would say music sometimes can trigger that flow state but it is charactized by a sensation of being in the moment or time slows down, a fluid enjoyment of the drawing. I can see the mistakes afterwards in the drawing and can see what I actually need to work on in terms of technique or anatomy.
Steven Great lecture, and I really love your adorable dog!! What kind of dog is that?
Good question! She's Pomeranian mixed with a bunch of other things.
It is quite the thing , as an artist, to realize space is an illusion mainly for the subtlety of the whole phenomenon in our perception of second to second daily experience. I'd love to see a conversation around this subject between you and Prokopenko, that'd be gold content.
Thanks for the video.
its kind of soothing realizing that everything we percieve is just a random movie our brain makes for us sometimes, it makes things like worries about body image and other problems seem unimportant, thinking about this stuff is pretty amusing
During the pandemic, id often crack a beer open, look out my window and listen to eckhart tolle. I had just started having experiences of mild … ‘transcendence (?)’ around that time. Once time though, I had an extremely power feeling that I was emitting a magnetic field of sorta and it rippled through the space around me. It felt like the space and air around me was almost tangible and viscous. It was really remarkable but these experiences would sometimes end badly because my coping mechanisms for life would were not advanced enough to deal with views or experiences from that higher point of view coming back down to dysfunction.
Really appreciate your video and you discussing these things, love your drawing meditations too! It’s so fascinating 😭😭😭😭😭 As the Buddha said, ‘the mind precedes all knowables’
Awesome conversation Steven. I hope to leave more detailed comments later but i definitely relate to all of this.
I admire your courage.
That dog has major wisdom to share.
I think I forgot what it was like to see things before learning to draw.
The only thing I remember is trying to see things that weren't really there whenever I put pen to paper, as if a black fog was thoroughly covering me.
wait- this isn't Elden Ring. What are you doing Steven??
regarding your comments about scale its always intriguing to see how relative the world really is. For instance rivers flow the same way a cup of water might flow if you spilled it on an incline. Or how trees are still basically just plants and grow the same way a flower or bush does. The size of the things happening relative to us is often how we apply significance to things when in reality it all is pretty arbitrary. Tho it is pretty neat to think that the way we experience trees might be similar to how mice might view plants or smt.
thank you so much for these
Good morning Steven.
gracias Zapata!
Perspective, perception are hackable :)
waiting 59mins and 27 sec for bro to pass the blunt
Is it possible for you to have a conversation with Jim Newman, that would be so cool to watch
I don't know, I've never talked to someone like that before! But let's see how paths cross...
But who’s the thought then? I mean the person realising that sight just is I guess
Or is it?
*Vsauce music starts playing*
This is a good question
Eastside sofa from rooms to go, well done sir
I've been doxxed!
@@StevenZapataArt Who would have thought a sofa joke would allow me to interact with THE art God Steven Zapata. The universe really does work in mysterious ways.
Buenísimo
FANNYYY
Alan Watts of visual arts
😊
Those shorts.
what's good with glaze?
Use it.
So, basically we are living in a simulation... created by our mind and how we perceive what is around us.
WOOOOO TIME TO CONSUME
Man I can't tell if I've had enough personal experiences with this such to be open with it
or if I'm just stupid :D
lmao
You are definitely not stupid, this is weird weird stuff.
Its all illusions based on reality
Hoш did чаLГ gзт неге sо fаsт?😮
big You....🤣😂🤣😂 lol.... 🤣😂
EVERYTHING IS EMPPTY , teaching finished...😉😁