simon ling lecture painting research rough notes

light without eyes illuminates nothing  believed that Aphrodite created the eye from earth water airreality is a time based collage  utilise forms and shapes in the world and recognise that you are attracted to that, should try  and engage and understand it. painting of a pile of junk, does a section in one time session.different times squashed together. Pieces of objects become the figures, futuristic, apocalyptic, the manifestation of your time in the concept of time. all you actually have when you’re painting are your thoughts. no special privilege fabricated architecture from zoo....paint from real life / photograph: almost like processing from surface of image. would accidentally go into it. Objects are powerful. if you’re looking at a city, just after someone’s thought. ceiling high of thoughts paintings - poetry - the thing you’re there to access, not always what you want.