Kelvin Harvey's Page

Hello,

I did not mean to sound so convuluted as to express my ideas. But I personally think that expression upon the creator's end and the externalization of their feelings if you will, becomes moot upon the first look of the audience. No longer does the artist matter, but the reaction from the audience. Granted, the artist may be looking to prod at a certain reaction but it does not garuantee that is what is being constituted by the beholder.
I personally do not like to give background to my beliefs or how I view the world (as that should be transparent in a photographer) because I would like to leave it up to the imagination. Art survives on discourse and sociability, if work is created and there is no talk about it after the viewing then it has failed as a work of art, it no longer has longevity past that instant. However, for the sake of this conversation, I would have to give my thoughts on beauty, and say that I am not necessarily looking to change your minds in anyway, but without question if my work leaves an impact it should spark questions in your mind and thus breed discourse. Like your statement to me of not knowing whether or not my photographs of the piercings would be self-mutilation or art, an obvious question you are trying to come to an answer to.
But I believe that out of all creation, infinite chaos stems infinite possibilties. Admitting finitude and mortality of my body and brain I understand that some things are simply inconceivable based on life span and linguistic restrictions. And to me, for something to simply be in existence, be it a concept, a human, rock, or work of art, makes it beautiful. It is a physical or mental manifestation of a singular possibility amongst infinity. That phenomena in and of itself is awe inspiring, if nothing else sublimely beautiful. And although some work, may not be aesthetically pleasing it can be just a glimpse at one person's manifestation of a possibility of the infinite...