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LOOKING AT THINGS DIFFERENTLY
Last Monday, I started the week by painting an aubergine, the humble eggplant. Over the years, I have painted this unusual vegetable many times, continually amazed at the depth and changeability of the colour. At times almost black, but then a deep bluey purple and at other times, a crimson-purple, and always sort of iridescent.
One of my favourite quotes from Albert Einstein is:
“Creativity is seeing what everyone else has seen, and thinking what no-one else has thought.”
As one of the critical aspects of creativity is looking at things differently, and the humble Aubergine is excellent to study as it does half the work.
I picked up this little piano man in Venice in 2004, made from bits and pieces from the workings of a piano. It was from the back streets in the west of the town away from the Venetian mask shops and overpriced cafes. It was a dusty little shop of a piano repairer, and he made these great little pieces reminiscent of drawing mannequins.
Besides a reasonably unique souvenir, I love the mystery of the providence. Could have the bones of this small sculpture at sometime transmitted the genius of Puccini…
