The radical possibilities of my desire
What will your sound be like?
When I speak of your constructive force
The object of my intimate desires
When I create you in great passion
That caters for the stars
In assessment 1, Desire, a box of endless desires, a box was given for you to choose your intimate desires with no external influences. I offered a platform for you to take freely to construct, to express yourself in any form, genre or style and create the beauty of your own desire.
Here I present to you, Desire, it is your desires for you to see. I made a textural work because I want it to be tangible and real for you. Your desires are not only in your mind and your voice, they are now in front of you, for you to visit them in times of assurance and need. I have taken your desires from inside of you and placed them before you to observe and reflect from an outside point of view. Please ask yourself the following questions:
What do you think seeing your desires in front of you? What will become of your desires now?
The desires are the circular forms made of different colours and dimensions. Showing that desires are not the same and equal to all. That is why they are not of the same dimensions and colours to differentiate each desire.
The pink desire represents wisdom it is the need for knowledge made into action. The purple desire represents royalty. We are of royalty and unique. The orange desire represents the playfulness and innocence of self. As we grow older, we have a tendency to return to our childhood. The gold desire represents what one endures and withstands when faced with the stumbling stones of life. The red desire is the sacrifice and pain to achieve a desire. The blue desire represents justice and conviction. To create and be considered we must be true and confident in our convictions.
There are holes of different colours in the desires. I want you to delve deeper into that desire most ardently and set the journey of discovery to create your art with greatness, imagination and passion. Only then, you will know the path you need to take. The paths are the blue, purple and red. It is for you to decide. The blue is the path of justice and conviction. The purple of royalty and greatness and the red is of sacrifice and pain.
I wrote a poem on desire while I was in the process of researching and creating my artwork. As I reflected, I connected with the word desire as it resonated in my ears. I would continuously verbalise, desire..desire..desire..what will become of you? I was eager to know what I was going to create. It became almost a chant as I applied the modeling paste and moulded each desire with my fingers then carefully deciding each colour of glitter paint to represent each desire. It was an injection of excitement and passion! Poetry is my conviction and clarifies my artwork to finer detail. It helps me state and emphasise in words what cannot be said and/or not permitted to say.
In my research I found through different artistic expressions, there is an innate desire to create and have a tangible artwork, voicing a statement, a message and attain artistic integrity. It ignites a feeling, a response from the audience. It is what starts a conversation and opens new horizons for many to see, feel, and converse. It is beautiful for me to see and experience. I delved deeper into the world of Surrealism and I found aspects that trigger desire in us. It is the “ordinary” object that we choose and make the object of our desire, through time it becomes an obsession to want, therefore a need to have. A provocative emphasis is placed on this object and sentimental significance is given that finally an attachment is developed. It is most amusing that to another there would be absolutely no interest or value placed on this object. For there is difference in our desires and the measure in which we desire it cannot be compared to anyone. It is through an art movement we can lean on, to allow ourselves the space to be and offer the world an explanation.
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