Asemic Writing:
Asemic writing is a developing art movement that depicts writing-like markings on paper or canvas. It embraces the mystery between silence, what is yet to be spoken, and meaning, the semantics of known language. And inhabits an essential space of expression, the need to depict what is yet fully denotational. What is represented are the feelings or ideas that the word, or markings, suggests, to the artist, and to the viewer.
These works engage the viewer in a unique way, beyond more traditional abstract work, because the marks seem like one should be able to read them and that the marks are meant to be read. This awakens the part of the mind that engages with language and in lieu of being given words with known meaning the viewer creates their own translation or meaning of what is written, entering, in a sense, a conversation with the piece.
In 2021 two collections of writing and asemic writings were published. Fluency: a collection of asemic writing (Shanti Arts) is an essay on asemics and my own artistic process, and She Speaks Tongues (Anhinga Press) a collection of asemic writings and poems based on the voices of five woman.
Asemic writing is a developing art movement that depicts writing-like markings on paper or canvas. It embraces the mystery between silence, what is yet to be spoken, and meaning, the semantics of known language. And inhabits an essential space of expression, the need to depict what is yet fully denotational. What is represented are the feelings or ideas that the word, or markings, suggests, to the artist, and to the viewer.
These works engage the viewer in a unique way, beyond more traditional abstract work, because the marks seem like one should be able to read them and that the marks are meant to be read. This awakens the part of the mind that engages with language and in lieu of being given words with known meaning the viewer creates their own translation or meaning of what is written, entering, in a sense, a conversation with the piece.
In 2021 two collections of writing and asemic writings were published. Fluency: a collection of asemic writing (Shanti Arts) is an essay on asemics and my own artistic process, and She Speaks Tongues (Anhinga Press) a collection of asemic writings and poems based on the voices of five woman.
Botanical Series:
Earlier Asemic works: |
Rock | Sky | River | Bird Series:Winter time dream series: |
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