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Art is indeed a learning process. In my own work, I take complex emotional and social ideas and issues and fix them to natural metaphors. Some may think my work is about nature, but more often than not it is about personal or societal issues that I am encountering.
Is a flower just a flower? Or does the metaphor reveal much more? Perhaps I keep the meanings purposely vague, to allow the reader to connect with their own perspective. Often I find that the reader is somehow aware of the emotional burden behind the phrasing, but it is not always clear what that pertains to. Perhaps in that way my work is a bit abstract, but in tone and resonance I always try to create a musical piece. But rarely do I ever speak literally, and a flower is almost never a flower. I see words in three dimensions, and always aim to build a composition that is also three dimensional. I see color, pitch, tone, shape, resonance, meter, and meanings all bound up in each word.
My goal is to match them to the idea I have, and sometimes they create a new idea. It is one of the most exciting portions of the process.
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