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About Me Official Beta Tester Art Student Preston C. Palmer19/Male/United States Recent Activity Deviant for 3 Years
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Why do you create? 

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I just need to say

Journal Entry: Mon Sep 14, 2009, 11:04 PM
I just looked in my deviations folder in my message box and was hit with a sort of amazement. Two of my favorite people are becoming the most incredible artists I know. It has been an honor to see their work evolve. I've struggled for years with the concept of originality, for most of my work it seems almost like a construction. Perhaps it is only because I persist in my creative whims so rarely that whenever I do it does not seem natural. My relationship to the work that sits in my gallery could be stranger than most. It's almost like I can't really identify with it as mine. I take a great picture of a pretty flower, get lots of popularity, but yet I honestly feel like it shows absolutely no proof of any talent on my part. I wouldn't feel like I'm lying if I said this, and I would actually be glad to tell you all that I think every picture in my gallery was a fluke.

This is where I am at my current point in my creative process with myself. With all of this in mind, I hope it is now a little bit clearer that when I say I see absolute originality in an artist, I'm not being conceited. I have no doubt now, that *ShrunkenAngel and =Gruye are destined to become very important artists in our generation.

I see amazing, incredible, and unique works of art every day on this site, but as I know these to people, this feels more personal.

Secondly, since I'm already on the tack of giving a disclaimer, I also feel the need to say that the art being discovered and created by these to great minds is not, in fact, all that appealing to kids age 13-18, unfortunately. Why? I don't know. I don't really care, to be honest. But I think it's both interesting and important to note this. Because it is important for me to keep in mind on my search for some meaning to art, both in general and for me personally. Every time I've stopped doing photography it was because I had convinced myself that I was only doing it to take "pretty pictures" for people to ogle at and hopefully give me money. And perhaps that is why I find these two so fascinating. They are compelled without hesitation to continue and improve in ways I simply don't conceive.

I hope you too will see something as interesting and unusual as what I see in these two artists. And I assure you, it has nothing to do with their page-view count, or how many favorites their works get. With them it really has gotten so, so much deeper.

Enjoy.


:iconshrunkenangel: *ShrunkenAngel






:icongruye: =Gruye






And we will discuss the nature of beauty in art another day.

  • Mood: Content
  • Listening to: Infected Mushroom
  • Watching: Star Trek Voyager
  • Drinking: Cold Water

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  • Current Residence: Minneapolis, MN
  • deviantWEAR sizing preference: Medium
  • Operating System: Windows XP
  • MP3 player of choice: iTunes
  • Tools of the Trade: Adobe Photoshop, Dreamweaver, Bridge, Pen and Paper, Comfort Food, Gensing Green Tea
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Daily Deviants Features

This is the most recent person that I've featured on *DailyDeviants. I strongly encourage you to check him/her out.
--- W-Uno's Gallery ---

Other features from Thurs. August 13th - Sun. August 16th
The work in Greg's gallery is simple, like pouring water into a glass. But I find myself wanting to read it again and again, for his tone and his words can make a person feel like floating, as his ideas wash over us like bed-blankets.



Comments


:iconjuro7:
Thx you 4 the fav.
:iconrikushadow:
Thank you for the fave

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"I've never met a zombie, but if I did I'd get away in a golf cart"
- Gerard Way (Emily The Strange interview)
:icongruye:
Oh, by the way, all this old work has caused me to write a poem.
I really want you to read it, as you would know me best.
It's a new deviation.

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If I like it, I do it.
Municipal Heroes
:icongruye:
So, I've been reading through some older comments that I've made in the past. Page 4 of 5 deviation comments in my gallery, on things like Gra's Adventures, and shitty photography.
It's startling.
I sound like an ass, an ignorant ass with a few issues towards everybody including himself. A mixture of Robin and Simon in a terrifying method of madness.
Here's the thing though. I was never aware of this until now. Every thing I've ever said as a youth was never intended to come out like this. I feel as if I've always had pure intentions, with a bad spot here and there. It makes me happy about who I've become though, the changes quite obvious.
By the way, Gra's Adventures are killin' me right now.

"Gra blew it open with a grenade and silently crawled in to avoid making too much noise."

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If I like it, I do it.
Municipal Heroes
:icondownwardssaint:
Thank you for the favorite.

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...Dying is what the living do... dying is what the loving do... dying is what, to live, each has to do.
:iconcourt-hansen:
thanks for the faves

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I believe that the definition of definition is reinvention. To not be like you parents. To not be like your friends. To be yourself. Completely. - Henry Rollins
:iconfibreciment:
thanks!

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Lost and abandoned places [link]
Website [link]
:iconsoundlessw:
no problem. and by the way, damn, the locations you visit make me drool.

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B-) i believe in you :toocool:

:bulletblue: Blog | :bulletorange: MH | :bulletgreen: MN
:iconmattclaghorn:
Thanks for the favorite! :)
:iconlunaeva:
Thanks for the favs!
:icongruye:
This young girl is 15, but something seems off, or odd.
Perhaps it's just me, but take a full look at her profile, and tell me what you think. If everything is legitimate, it's rather impressive.
[link]

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If I like it, I do it.
Municipal Heroes
:icongruye:
[link]
I couldn't resist showing you this.
It's the artist comment really.

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If I like it, I do it.
Municipal Heroes
:icongruye:
[link]
This may make it into my top five.
Sadly enough, my will to lol people is going down hill. I've had too many confrontations that make me feel like an asshole.

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If I like it, I do it.
Municipal Heroes
:iconlineideas:
thanks for faving 'rain and for watching my page! :)

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