Naturally my exploration of kites has brought me to an exploration of sailboats.  Sailboats as well as kites maintain a very natural elegance despite their stark geometric compositions. The movement of the billowing sails, the erratic winds, and the water beneath, be it tumultuous, or calm provides a sense of subtle tension and fluidity.  

A kite seems to embody all that I seek.  A kite explores geometry, a sense of tension between order and disorder as is wavers with erratic wind, and fluidity as it glides, and with its tail. At the same time it provides a new element to consider, namely the dependence of fluidity on wind, or motion.  I will consider this dependence while I continue searching for inspiration.

 

    

Cubism

I am looking for subtle tension between order and disorder. I am looking for fluidity. Like the art, music and fashion between 1910 and 1930, I am looking for compositions that have elements of chaos resolving itself to order. Like Pablo Picasso with cubism, Egon Schiele with his figures, like Joe King Oliver with Jazz, and Paul Poiret, or Erte with fashion, I am looking for dynamic compositions that pull me to various points, and then to assemble to whole image.