Justin from streetartmecca - An Explorer of the relevance of street art in global culture

About Street Art Mecca : is based in Barcelona but primarily interested in the relevance of street art in global culture. We are featuring artists who are interacting with their environment, social and political circumstances and detailing the reaction it creates in their societies. 

The long term objective is to create a network artists who can link to each other  

He is an artist/creative person/ art admirer, film maker. Journalist with street art as a special interest.

How is art important in people’s lives?
I believe art is in people’s lives transcends language and conveys emotion.

Do you have a favorite artist?

My Favorite artist is Rembrandt. I likes his work because :viewing his work compels deep thought.

What's your favorite place to see art?

Favorite place to see art is -The street. I always have my eyes open for new messages I get from the art form.

Do you own any pieces of art?

I have A collect from artist friends.

What’s your favorite piece of work that you have created? 

My favorite piece of work that I have created is : A feature length documentary in English about street art in Barcelona.

https://vimeo.com/60149775

Street art created by participants at US Barcelona Program in early Jan 2014:

What are you working on at the moment?

I am now  working on A film about Jorge Rodriguez Gerada.

He doesn’t sell his his art , but you can view some of his films here:

https://vimeo.com/justininbcn

Do you sell your work?
I don’t sell my art for a living, but accept commissions for commercial video clips.

 Do you think your country’s government gives enough financial support to local artists?
According to me Country’s government absolutely doesn't give enough financial support to local artists

Do you support local artists?

To support local artist he made films about their work to increase their global exposure.

What are you doing when you’re not creating?

When I am not creating I will be playing with my son Joel and play the guitar.

 What would people be surprised to learn about you?
I envy people who can dance well.

Technically, what would you consider to be a piece of art? Why?
To me, a piece of art is something that transmits a message however meek or powerful, however understood or misunderstood, however small or big. Art are the ideas we give to everyone who can see them, hear them or feel them. Technique is just the mechanism to transmit your idea.

Inspiring words for others :”You only fail when you give up. “

Where else we can find him:

@justininbcn

www.streetartmecca.com

About Flook D. doo ,furniture and wood work company in London

Heylos got to talk to Spartan Rubacha , the Owner/Operator at flook d. doo fine furniture & woodwork, 2317 South Lavant Rd. Lanark, Canada. 

About Flook D. Doo:  creates fine, one of kind pieces of furniture using hardwoods from around the world.  We work together with our clients to create custom designs to suit their needs, as well as offering many pieces online, built on spec. Often described as Modern Renaissance Art, our furniture is refined, yet still retains a handmade sensibility, as well as a sense of rustic whimsy.  A Flook D. Doo purchase is always an addition of both function and style to your home.

Klein Cabinet

Are you an artist/creative person/ art admirer?

I think I'm all of the above.  You need to admire a certain amount of art to fuel your own creativity.

How is art important in people’s lives?

I believe art just adds a bit of joy, especially if it's also functional.  Art's job is to beautify your surroundings and put a smile on your face.

Do you have a favorite artist? Why do you like him/her?        

James Krenov.  Not only is his furniture the perfect combination of beauty, function, and minimalism, but his philosophy on wood and furniture extremely admirable.

What's your favorite place to see art?

Do you have a gallery/museum-going routine? My favorite place to see art is in peoples' homes.  I like to see it where it lives, and where it is enjoyed.

Do you own any pieces of art? If so, what are they?    

Currently the only art in our house are the pieces for my upcoming line of rustic & repurposed furniture.

If you are an artist,What’s your favorite piece of work that you have created?

The Klein Cabinet is my favorite so far.  It may sound like an odd choice, but I love the asymmetry and simplicity among many other small details. 

http://i138.photobucket.com/albums/q270/SpartanR/KlienBLK.jpg

What are you working on at the moment?

I'm just finishing up a walnut & birch coffee table for donation to the Snowflake Ball in support of CHEO in Ottawa.

Do you sell your work? If so, where all do you sell your work?          

I do a number of art shows in the Ottawa area where I sell my work, but most of my business comes through my website.  www.flookddoo.com

If you are an artist, do you make a living off your art?

I've been making furniture for about 4 years now and am just beginning to make a full time living from my work.

Do you think your country’s government gives enough financial support to local artists?

There are apparently some government programs; however they're not easy to find.  Almost as if they don't want you to know about them.

Do you support local artists? If so how?

            I meet a lot of other artists at art shows and I love to pass on their info to friends and customers.

What are you doing when you’re not creating? What (other) hobbies do you have?

I'm an avid baseball fan; in fact, I name most of my furniture after hall of fame ball players.  I also play a little music in a local band.

What would people be surprised to learn about you? 

My girlfriend and I live in a 100 year old church in the small hamlet of Poland, Ontario, Canada.

Technically, what would you consider to be a piece of art? Why?    

I have a very broad definition of art.  In my opinion, if you create something and you call it art, then who am I to say it's not?

Do you have any tips or inspiring words for others?

            If you have an idea or a vision, stay true to that.  The only way to be successful as an artist is to execute your vision the way you see it, otherwise you're just working for someone else.

Where else can we find you?

www.flookddoo.com

www.facebook.com/flookddoo

www.twitter.com/FlookDDoo

Google+

Creative! How to be creative and generate ideas

Often creative folks are told and come across these familiar phrases tossed “give me your best idea, best design till date, when can u give me, I would like to see it other way around.”

But how realistic is it to be creative on demand? If you were asked to come up with a worthwhile idea for a book, or painting, or project, right now, could you do it?

It’s all in our head. Yes it sounds simple but it is the fact. Yet Y do we struggle? And some others appear to be capable of doing it so effortlessly.

Creativity is a way of thinking. It’s something each of us is born with the capacity to use. We regularly do use it without realizing. Because creativity is way of thinking, it exists entirely in our brains. We make various connections within our brain and they change and grow accordingly with us when we age.

We start to focus on certain aspect which influences us through friends, parents and many other outer factors, the more we see and learn from various kinds of things, places ,people and experience them the more influential ideas start to form.

So how possibly generate creative ideas on demand?

This is where timeless creative practices come into play. Initially it requires you to actively pursue the unknown and force ideas and their changes in your mind.

Ideas readily come to those who are able to imagine changing any aspect of an idea without giving much thought whether you will fail or is it the good one. In short: “Do not worry about the end results”.

When it comes to being creative, the more ideas you have, the more likely you are to come up with great ones.

This is true from countless scientific researches:

“Studies from the University of California Davis and MIT have shown that groups who produce a large amount of bad ideas also tend to produce the most amounts of good ideas as well.”

If you all just remember your childhood days and think of situation how we used to make so many things out of a lying paper around. U could make a boat, a simple flying plane, a pillow, a mini pointed telescope, and cut those paper to pieces and join them back, so many...Why? Because our mind was curious to know many things, how does it look like if it’s put this way? Y does it look like this? All this without thinking whether it looks good or bad.

This feeling slowly evaporates but some people get addicted to this kind of thought and grow along with it to become creative genius.

So why do many of us struggle to be creative on the spot?

One possible reason is the stress and judgmental attitude towards oneself and the abilities.

When we feel pressured we psychologically put ourselves into focusing so sharply on the task that we fail to step back and see what’s possible by breaking the individual attributes of the task itself.

One easy way to break the psychological constraints is to turn your task into a game of play. Play allows us to remove the stress of the real thing going on.

 “Our mind and brain are similar like any computers where the data need to be archived and backed up so to put additional data in there” ,Hence writing down all the ideas which come up in your mind helps you think better in other ways, keeping in mind not to have any  pre-conceived notions and judgments.

Initially this is going to be tough on your mind, but they say practice makes u perfect.

If you feel that you’re struggling to come up with more ideas, then consider what might be missing (Curiosity, energy, awareness, etc.)

More to Come…….www.heylos.com