Amy Marina Denes

 

European background, born & raised in S.E Asia.

In the US for well over a decade.

 

Painter, sculptor, multimedia artist, writer, poet. Etc.

 

I'm mental, emotional & then physical in a world of a lot of physical, emotional & then mental's.

 

I care very deeply about maintaining a physical relationship with the natural world (long distance cycling), I seek to be more involved in permaculture & other forms of sustainable agricultural practices. I am a great supporter of wildlife conservation.

 

Non conformist: www.newscientist.com/blogs/culturelab/2010/08/learning-fr...

 

www.newscientist.com/article/mg20727734.100-elephants-fea...

 

& I am incredibly sick of hypocritical & violent 'revolutionaries'- "she sounded a warning against the popular obsession with unlimited "sovereignty" of either the individual or the collective, and with violence as a favored vehicle for both entities in their pursuit of social change." : www.humanists.net/pdhutcheon/Papers%20and%20Presentations...

 

"Crime & the criminal, it is true, confront us with the perplexity of radical evil but only a hypocrite is really rotten to the core." Arendt

 

I make commissions, & I also occasionally/regularly teach art (& art therapy) to adults & children.

 

Several novels, short story & prose books are in the works, one is in the process of moving towards publication.

 

I am preoccupied with (& not limited to -) the mental life, simultaneity, reading, listening, watching (I am extremely visual ), heuristics, researching (everything), the natural & industrial world, animal rights, human rights, short wave radio, long walks/hiking, good manners, a strong code of personal ethics, bright, lucid & unique iconoclasts, environmentalism, quantum mechanics, philosophy, horticulture, astronomy, meteorology (& emotional weather), critical thinking, deconstructionism, literature, poetics (linguistics), patterns- pattern recognition- their formation & integrity, (the golden ratio),

 

computer science (curious neophyte),

 

anthropology, geology, archeology, astronomy, alchemy, symbol systems, peace, Hindu deities, myths & storytelling, layers in perception & time, hysteria, disease,

 

non linear thought, the Haida, totemic landscapes, the error threshold, problems, problem solving, failing & making mistakes, self correction, self awareness, observation, skepticism, human sadism & manipulation of others & animals, abuse,

perversion,

high resistance indoor & outdoor MBT/cycling & strength training, 98% vegan consumerism & vegan cooking, DIY, free trade made in USA goods (as often as possible) recycling, frugality, humility,

instinct, intuition,

intense, meaningful & creative explorations of the expansiveness of sexuality without imposed, cliche & ignorant conventions, expectations or limitations on the experience of beauty, love & sexual desire (synesthetic, stendhal & memory induced, etc- reactions) & attraction to the quality of paper, rainfall, a familiar scent, gardening, swimming, geometry, etc-

 

personal & unique- attractions to lucidity, ingenuity, sincerity, creativity, eccentricity, talents, awkwardness, different strengths, weaknesses & qualities that certain individuals possess, skills, etc, (ad infinitum..)

 

sensitivities & vulgarities with a preference for sensitivities,

 

using repetition for learning, memorization & pattern recognition,

 

experiences of suffocation under the weight of banality, rhetoric &/or redundancy,

 

thoughts of death,

 

great love for life, the world & others,

 

the poignancy of compassion,

 

being a fool

 

being brave,

 

being unknown, mysterious to myself, often-

 

Derrida's "Fear of Writing": www.youtube.com/watch?v=qoKnzsiR6Ss

  

history, the Mandelbrot, strange attractors, post modern thought, the ways in which others think-, life among multiple & countless senses of reality,

 

emotions as objects, emotions as transitory objects, that are only valid when consistent & evolving

the profundity of a unity between mental & emotional & especially when experienced simultaneously with others-

 

sound (John Cage "silence has a sound") all sound & sounds- I am incredibly- dependent on sound, the scientific, medical, holistic, psychological, shamanistic, neurobiological, creative, therapeutic (etc) study of pain management.

 

John Forbes Nash Jr.

Funny, sexy, brilliant, invigoratingly aggressive Plath.

 

Etcetera.-

 

www.thefalconandthefirefly.blogspot.com

 

As far as being 'cool' this is impossible for me, & a skill which I do not- wish to acquire- though I do possess great skills in other areas ( Derrida's Differance - Emergence, etc..).

 

I am so incredibly 'uncool' that in some ways it makes me uniquely cool by proxy.

 

I am also unique in that I fail & that I enjoy failing- am fascinated by failure- & sometimes I can skillfully find in my sights the possibility of a failure before it happens & thus perhaps avoid certain undesired failures, & 'grow out' of such & evolve into better forms of 'failure making'..

In this sense- I am non violent , & violence, schadenfreude, sadism, manipulation & abusiveness are typically not problems for me. & an added benefit is I am fearless in admitting when I am a hypocrite.

 

I have no tolerance for smugness & pretentiousness.

 

I am very aggressive however, but in a lucid, self aware (& at times silly) way.. A Minerva, Kalika- esque, bomb- like aggression... Mmmm.

 

I don't trust perfection or 'perfect people' some people who seem to think that they possess this 'skill' (aka an ability to be a predatory fish & unjustifiably attack anything in sight- ) & of 'knowing just about everything', who freely claim to be authorities over- individuals & large groups of people- tend to be sadists, fascists or Nazi's, corporations, or ordinary, flat, banal, & usually stupefyingly humorless & potentially dangerous- individuals, so thanks, I'll pass on perfection. Why be one dimensional when you can access ten dimensions or more??

 

One of our greatest failings as a species though we usually hate to admit it- is that we tend to victimize people we don't even know (third world commerce, sweat shops, blood diamonds, WAR & OIL anyone?)..

  

I love to learn. I am the cliche sponge.

I am constantly learning & re - learning from other people, the world & life experience- & this is generally where everything I think about & meditate upon & observe- comes from-.. How about you?

  

My favourite comedian is Helge Schneider, you can have the most horrid day ever & he will lift your spirits, this is a guarantee, if he does not 'lift your spirits' you can punch a hole through my wall.

 

Otherwise, I have a very peculiar & dark humor that a wonderful few understand.

 

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"I am not one of those weak-spirited, sappy Americans who want to be liked by all the people around them. I don’t care if people hate my guts; I assume most of them do. The important question is whether they are in a position to do anything about it. My affections, being concentrated over a few people, are not spread all over Hell in a vile attempt to placate sulky, worthless shits."

— William S. Burroughs

  

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More at: www.saatchi-gallery.co.uk/yourgallery/artist_profile/Amy+...

 

I am also an ocular migraine sufferer.

 

My work is in several private collections, as well as in a museum's permanent collection, this & any other info may be had via my flickrmail here- don't hesitate in writing.

 

artvolume1.org

 

& very important:

 

Please take a look at the important & monumental work these talented individuals are doing:

 

wardiary.wikileaks.org/index.html

 

www.suicidepress.com/

 

www.saharareporters.com/

 

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Thank you for coming around my mountain, I hope it had some useful effect.