Sporadic Reality - Scan 1

Scan one of two of my linoleum block print I did recently for an art project. I scanned two for each scan to show the different colors I used and part of the assingment was to make three prints using different colors, whether they be added in with paint, pastels, and/or colored pencil. We had to do a few plain -- or one-colored ones -- as well and I decided to scan the one where the print using the color black came out best. The whole thing started out as an uncarved linoleum block and as a class, we were free to get inspiration from basically whatever we wanted and then ended up drawing the result of that on a piece of a paper and transferring it to our block. Then we had to carve out the areas that wouldn't be filled in with paint. After we finished carving, we made our prints.

 

The inspiration for my piece comes from three songs: January 1979 by mewithoutYou, We Will Overcome by Thursday, and Cold and Calculated by Project 86. For January 1979, how that inspired the painting was because of the lyric: "I was floating in a peaceful sea, 'rescued' by a sinking ship," which is depicted by the sinking ship near the bottom right corner. The otherI decided to depict from that song would be: "And from such a height you missed creatures too small for sight carry on covert conversation, as the misguided insects crown me their grasshopper king with a dance of celebration, "which I guess is a reference to Numbers 13:33, which is a verse about the Nephilim and the Anakites and it reads: "And there we saw the giants, the sons of Anak, which come of the giants: and we were in our own sight as grasshoppers, and so we were in their sight." The lyric is depicted by what's at the top right area, which is a guy getting crowned by two insects. For We Will Overcome, the lyrics I decided to represent are: "Follow the path of the straight and narrow and "Our roads are paved with broken arrows." I'd say those lyrics stand out to me the song because they encourage me the most about never losing sight of the goals and that's why I chose to depict 'em. The path of the straight and narrow is depicted in the upper left corner. The road paved with broken arrows is depicted in the lower left corner, under the path of the straight and narrow. Lastly, for Cold and Calculated, I chose to depict the lyrics: "You found the wages you’ve sown in greed," "After all was said and done you lost your pet," and "Your prize..." The decpiction for those lyrics is under the guy getting crowned grasshoper king. "Prize" or "pet" meaning money. It is of a vacuum sucking up money as a hand tries to grab it, which is a comment on greed, which is basicaly what the song's about and I guess, in a way, the Bible talks about greed. The verse 1 Timothy 6:10 comes to mind, which reads: "For the love of money is the root of all evil: which while some coveted after, they have erred from the faith, and pierced themselves through with many sorrows." I think that's it.

 

Lyrics and their meanings:

January 1979: www.songmeanings.net/songs/view/3530822107858509559/

We Will Overcome: www.songmeanings.net/songs/view/3530822107858590071/

Cold and Calculated: www.songmeanings.net/songs/view/3530822107858788301/

 

Listen to the songs if you want:

Januray 1979: www.youtube.com/watch?v=IcQ4TnyCyE0

We Will Overcome: www.youtube.com/watch?v=8-ntf3JqEWw

Cold and Calculated: www.youtube.com/watch?v=rk1jZdgiPws

 

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Paint, pastels, and colored pencils.

Done