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Originally Posted by Ghoulish Delight
Abdi certainly does if he can settle on a vision for his work in time to get stuff done. Peregrin does if she can execute her visions with more eye toward technique and execution.
And of course Miles can always shoot himself in the foot by either overthinking, or trying to "outsmart" whatever challenge he's given and just deliver some canvas with an ocd pattern on it.
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Ding ding ding ding, give that man a cigar!
Give Abdi 3 months and boy howdy can he pull something together! I totally agree with the judges that the body bag painting had something that completely elevated it. The light coming from that subject was mesmerizing. And, it just wouldn't have been Abdi without the last-minute mayhem as he broke his sculptures apart unpacking them. Hah!
I also really loved Peregrine's exhibit, but agree with the judges that it was just too unfocused. Abdi made the comment that he only kept the pieces that were
really good. Peregrine needs to learn that skill. Because she most definitely has pieces that are
really good, but get buried in the pile.
Miles, Miles, Miles. It's funny, I relate so much to him. I know that if I were to ever sit down and try to "be an artist" I'd pretty quickly end up where he ends up. He starts with a 10,000 foot view of something and recognizes that there's meaning in it. He zooms into it at the most microscopic scale and in doing so finds that meaning within himself. And then he stops there, which is where, every time I consider trying to communicate in that way, I fear I would stop too. HE knows why that ultra-zoomed level has meaning, but he's unable to step that zoom back a few notches to communicate that to the audience. He needs to find a way to bridge that gap between the representational and the meaning that HE sees in the fully abstract. Which is no easy feat. I know I would have no way of articulating the meaning I feel from the abstract doodles I've churned out, I just know it's there. If he can find that optimal zoom level, he'd be an artistic giant.
I can't believe it's over! I want more! Bring on season 2!