What if, behind the curtains Print

Pareidolia (/ˌpær.iˈdoʊ.li.ə, ˌpɛr-/;[1] also US: /ˌpɛr.aɪˈdoʊ.li.ə, -ˈdoʊl.jə/)[2] is the tendency for perception to impose a meaningful interpretation on a nebulous stimulus, usually visual, so that one sees an object, pattern, or meaning where there is none. In his notebooks, Leonardo da Vinci wrote of pareidolia as a device for painters, writing: If you look at any walls spotted with various stains or with a mixture of different kinds of stones, if you are about to invent some scene you will be able to see in it a resemblance to various different landscapes adorned with mountains, rivers, rocks, trees, plains, wide valleys, and various groups of hills. You will also be able to see divers combats and figures in quick movement, and strange expressions of faces, and outlandish costumes, and an infinite number of things which you can then reduce into separate and well conceived forms. My art is never planned. I've always been fascinated by shapes and figures I see in stains on the walls and pavement, and that's how I create my paintings. From the start to the end I follow what I see in the colours I set on the canvas. I start with random brush strokes using the colours that inspire me on that particular day and, from that, I paint whatever I see, first rough shapes, then I follow this second layer of brush strokes to start painting in more detailed form. Nothing comes from my pondered decisions, I let my subconscious drive my work, as I feel this way I can actually pour my emotions and preconscious thoughts into my paintings without an active interference from my decision making. It's the best way for me to pour onto the canvas my thoughts, my issues, my concerns, my inspirations, my dreams, in a completely unfiltered way. That's also why I can't usually explain my paintings, and I can only name them after the emotions they give me when they are finished.