| I suppose that the common wish of the majority
of young creators (aspirants) is to meet the teacher (the master),
who helps them find the way and the aim in their pursuit of their
own self-realization (initiation), the master, who leads you to
the verge where you face your own self, is the gift of God.
Last September the group of the young designers-pursuers/aspirants,
of various cultural backgrounds, nationalities and attitudes, found
the common point in facing the magician of the graphic design, Mr.
David Carson.
In the beginning the variety of expectations, and the dominant
curiosity about what might have been hidden in the master’s pocket
spread discomfort over the young faces.
Slowly, unobtrusively, Carson was setting deceptively simple assignments
which, once accomplished, revealed gradually the subtle souls. Together
with the creators he precisely and with a sense of humour analyzed
the works and moved the boundaries far into the interior of the
intimate-personal.
He carefully shelled the conscious from the unconscious, the intuitive
from the rational, the creative from the cliche. One layer after
the other.
The creators were becoming more relaxed, friendly, creative and
energetically fulfilled in a secretive way, as if their own - recognized
coded symbols opened their chakras. They flooded the room with a
wild energy, which left none of the visitors indifferent...
I had the silent role of recording that creative process behind/by
the camera. I filmed a documentary. I noted my emotions of that
time.
Rudi
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25.09.2002
...through the lens of the camera I was the mute observer
of the shapes formed out of the various materials (plastics,
paper, glue, paint, ropes…) pouring over the boundaries of
the defined surfaces, from the tables to the walls. The boundaries
were vanishing. It was impossible to distinguish what had
been voluntarily created by the wild souls, from what had
been created by itself/its own force. The boundaries of the
voluntary were disappearing. It was in that indefinableness
that I felt my own power of perception of some new intuitive
visualization... And, as reviewing the film, I was discovering
the new and new graphic solutions... Either for creating a
poster, or a book cover or an illustration.... All the solutions
were offered ages ago, one should only know how to find them.
To know...
14.04.2003
Finishing the book... Matej and I. That wild energy
has long gone. We both miss it. Each of us in his own way.
So we worked on this book... each in his own way. It has become
a document. Actually, it has died somehow. Personally, I consider
it being positive. As the mere urge for the rebirth. Again,
we are organizing the creative workshop. We are both nervous.
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