Curiosity is mother of creativity.
Artists that succeed are seriously curious. Curiosity - ability
to
treat
all
experiences
as
sources
of
inspiration -
gives
them
intellectual material with which to create, a purpose and meaning to life, and a passion that fires imagination.
Creative
geniuses
think
not
'what
is',
but
'what
can
be'.
Great
Italian artist, Michael
Caravaggio
(1571-1610),
gives
us
the
masterclass
in
curiosity.
An orphan,
he
had
to
apprentice
in
art
studios
from
the
young
age,
perfecting composition
and
the
way
to
model
the
human
form
and
gesture.
Artistic
style
that prevailed
at
his
time,
Mannerism
of
the
Late
Renaissance
exaggerated
proportion, balance
and
beauty
and
was
dull
and
artificial.
Caravaggio
wanted
to
find
new realism in painting - a radical realism that would shock. His curiosity led him to optics; optics then was what the digital technologies are now. He learned everything to know about
lenses
-
convex,
biconvex
and
concave
-
and
eventually
developed chiaroscuro, the innovative technique of dramatic contrasts of light and shadow.
This started
Baroque,
a
new-age
art
of
intense
expression
and
action
that
made
great impact
on
the
arts,
science
and
humanities.
Caravaggio worked
only
for
short
14 years, but powered by creativity his legacy is lasting. Is curiosity the mother of it all? Commission
or
buy
Kenyan
art,
original
or
prints,
for
your
home
and
office.
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