WHEN IS IT CHEATING?

I have been led to discover sacred geometry due to a viewing of the movie Thrive.  Sacred geometry was not the theme of the movie, but it is part of the basis of explanation that everything is related, it's all connected.  This is a theme I've always felt in my art, but never found a way to satisfactorily express. . . until I found sacred geometry.


Symbols have always intrigued me.  I collect books on them. I draw them. I use them frequently in my art.  Now I feel I have found the key symbols, the basis of all other symbols and find that now I just want to use these to begin each piece. Where the piece goes after that is completely unpredictable, but it will be begun in sacred symbols.


Which brings me to my next discovery.  As most of you know, who follow me, I am an iPad addict. I also make no bones about using iPad apps to manipulate my work, especially my photos.  I have discovered a new app which not only does wonderful things to photos, but takes my iPad paintings to whole new realms of appeal for me. Now, am I cheating? I can't get these effects without the app at all, and each time I use it, the effects are different and unpredictable. I am so taken with it that I use it on almost all my images now. Perhaps I will tire of it in the future, but for now, it is my go to app for next to final touches.


I cannot promise that once I take these images onto my desktop that they won't change yet again. I never know with an image.  It's a matter of waiting for it to tell me that it's reached finality. So, am I cheating? No, I don't think so. I think this app is yet another tool in my digital paintbox, one which I find sets my mind loose to roam in realms of color and wonder.


All comment and discussion are welcome and encouraged.  I love nothing more than discussing art, well, perhaps making art is a wee bit higher on that list.


Peace & Happy Creating,
B
PS: The app for iPhone and iPad is called Percolator and it is for photographs - HA!