Abstraction is Freedom

               I got three of my friends each with three different colors to join me in this abstraction. My goal was for us to intersect each other and together we can create an art with multiple perspective. As we started painting, I begin to think to myself “Is this what Glenn Wants? I was worried that the art we are doing is somehow wrong. However, I came to the realization that since this is abstract art, there is no set rules or limits. I begin to ease off my self and let my fingers flow around; started to not care on what it looks like but just the texture of the fast-drying paint and the temperature of the paint itself. I looked at my friends and they started to do different patterns then mine. This experience was hard at first since I had no idea what to expect/ frustrated at not knowing if this was correct. However, as I ease into it, it started to become more fun and as I splatter and trace along my friend’s art, the colors started to intertwine with each other. Like mention since I had no goals or picture, it was very frustrating to just have the freedom to paint; it felt like I was wasting my paint. However, since I kept reminding myself that the painting, we are doing has no set standard or regulation, it became more fun to do it. The Phrase “Abstraction is Freedom” holds in this situation where since I had no clear path or picture, I felt very free and loose. This type of painting is not what I imagine an “Actual painting” would look like. My perspective of what Painting looks like are more Representation pieces. Like what I said in class, I tend to over think thus, when given an abstraction piece, I will stress and become frustrated because I can’t figure out what it looks like – the “answer”. On the other hand, I see that abstraction paintings produce more conversation within the crowd due to others stating what the painting means to them.