{"id":156,"date":"2015-03-11T13:27:41","date_gmt":"2015-03-11T13:27:41","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/delladrees.com\/wordpress\/?page_id=156"},"modified":"2015-03-25T11:39:28","modified_gmt":"2015-03-25T11:39:28","slug":"why-draw-from-life","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/delladrees.com\/wordpress\/?page_id=156","title":{"rendered":"Why draw from life"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_18\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-18\" style=\"width: 276px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-18 size-medium\" src=\"http:\/\/delladrees.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/20140510_125044b-276x300.jpg\" alt=\"Della, drawing at the Grand Chaumiere atelier, Paris.\" width=\"276\" height=\"300\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-18\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Della, drawing at the Grand Chaumiere Atelier, Paris.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><em>\u201cMy natural impulse is to explore, question and absorb, to perceive what nature is showing us and to translate this using the intellect and emotion.\u00a0Maybe\u00a0because I have a\u00a0Psychology background, I feel what we put on paper is a direct way for our cognition to connect to the outside, and for the outside to connect to us.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>Therefore my basic tenet is to draw inspiration from life, and I mainly direct my awareness towards one vital and primary source; the individual, the human body. I am constantly and irresistibly drawn to the figure; either to study from works created by past masters, or purposeful representational observation of the live body. Drawing and re-drawing the human form \u2013 drawing what we are \u2013 to me is a primary act core to all art that seeks a connection to the natural principles. At its best, it is a record of an empathetic relationship; a memory of an exchange between the instigator and the inspirer.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>But to embody this effectively is an immense challenge as this dialogue has many layers of awareness and learning. This is why, for me, my core focus is on the human figure. When these connections intensify and evolve in a reflective way, they inform with vitality, and a more truthful and emotive work emerges to illustrate the spirit and dignity of humanity. It is a\u00a0life long journey.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><strong><em>He who realizes the truth of the body can then come to realize the truth of the universe.<br \/>\n<\/em><\/strong><em>A Ratnas, or Buddhist Siddhas teaching<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u201cMy natural impulse is to explore, question and absorb, to perceive what nature is showing us and to translate this using the intellect and emotion.\u00a0Maybe\u00a0because I have a\u00a0Psychology background, I feel what we put on paper is a direct way<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_exactmetrics_skip_tracking":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_active":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_note":"","_exactmetrics_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-156","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/delladrees.com\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/156","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/delladrees.com\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/delladrees.com\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/delladrees.com\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/delladrees.com\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=156"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/delladrees.com\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/156\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":541,"href":"https:\/\/delladrees.com\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/156\/revisions\/541"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/delladrees.com\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=156"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}