Slaves to our senses
The dreaded creative block, all artists cross space and time have at some point experienced a creative block, the loss of inspiration, the lack of a concept gripping enough to unleash creativity, the feeling of staring into a blank hole and not knowing what to do next. In such cases, almost always we go in search for new ideas to feel new things. Reading Ackermans account of synesthesia and all that follows, made me realize that art, in its essence is a pursuit of feelings. Feelings that find themselves impregnated in out hearts through our senses. Humans are in a never ending chase to 'feel'. I think this is born out of the limitations of our physical bodies. Which is another interesting thought that came to me. The various drugs that humans take, are all with the aim of feeling things that we are not able to usually. The heightened vision, increased perception, bright colors/ patters, omnipresent sounds, all cause sensory overloads that we are unable to experience when in ...