It’s a photograph.

@tysoncrosbie if you responded that way to me when I first met you, you'd be minus one fan for being an artsnot http://tinyurl.com/c7yz4w

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#L4T (lying to tell the truth) Lies here: http://tinyurl.com/c7yz4w "What is it?"

Must have been cathartic for you to state the "real" answer to the common question. I'll bet all abstract artists have to live with that constant question!

In my work getting engineering teams to perform better I have encountered similar mental inflexibility. I think we all naturally do it when encountering something new, whether art or new ideas and situations. We want to boil it down into something we can anchor to in our previous experience. The "What is it?" question is an attempt to re-anchor from the floating confusion we are confronted with.

It takes practice to allow yourself to experience the new and accept it's own value. Your work helps people stretch. It gives me practice wandering in the ephemeral. Some people either can't or won't do that.

Ah, I see. So this is the SuperEgo character? With a little Id thrown in?

A further challenge, and once again I've responded with the obvious.

One reason I like your videoblog is that it feels real, and it makes you accessible as an artist. Now I will have to sort out whether you're yourself or in character. It's in character for you to play with the form, and challenge viewers.

I'm sure I'll stay a fan, only now I have more work to do. :D

You look all "Risky Business" today!

While it must get old hearing that "what is it?" question, I don't know that I understand your response.

The people asking it genuinely do not mean to be stupid, obvious, or to devalue your work. They simply don't understand what they're looking at. You don't have to answer it.

But do you want to connect with people? Or don't you? If you do, why get mad at them for not immediately understanding your point of view that the object in the photo doesn't really matter?

For the love of god, don't become one of those asshat inaccessible artists that devalues the observer just because they didn't go to art school, and they don't immediately understand that they're meant to be challenged...

I think I asked you that question, or something like it. You were kind to me. You didn't answer, but you gave me the space to move beyond my instant question to think further about the work, and you avoided shutting me down or driving me away by being a snot.

This response seems like it's from the snot side. Come back to the light.

All is not as it seems. ;)

I'm playing around with the idea of video. A lot like I do photography. This seemed a great subject to introduce this character.