ISOM SYMBOLIC ART

Thursday, March 20, 2014

Horror vacui...

The horror of horror vacui.

Literally translated, Horror Vacui is the fear of empty spaces. In a more technical sense, it refers to a maximalist aesthetic in visual art in which details proliferate to fill every square inch of blank canvas. This aesthetic is associated with many different periods and places, including Islamic art and the medieval manuscripts illuminated by monks

Horror vacui (00064)

Heat filled rocks and old socks,

green garbage cans and fans.

Gooey marbles and tanks,

wondrous old stinky banks.

Clammy jars filled with fruits,

aliens dogs in suits.

Ink on a green blotter,

pickled pairs are hotter.

Piano keys with sauce,

horseradish shoes and floss.

Stop signs near edge of space,

colored cars in a race.

Police cars filled with cake,

Broken limbs of a snake.

Ronald D Isom

Sunday, March 16, 2014

Spinning...

Saturday, March 15, 2014

Mankind and nature...

Mankind and nature connection

Mankind searches obsessively for pleasure, materialistic goals and abundance. To obtain this we and our ancestors have exploited nature without any moral control to such an extent that nature has been rendered almost powerless in the process of sustaining a healthy life.

Friday, March 14, 2014

Symmetrical proportions...

Symmetrical proportions the cycle life.

The drawing and painting of people and animals, an activity of artists since primitive times, is clearly associated with symmetry, and geometry, since the human form and the forms of living creatures in general are obviously highly symmetrical in shape. Indeed the beauty of the human form, and also of an animal such as the horse, is firmly based on their symmetrical proportions. Artists such as Leonardo da Vinci and Albrecht Dürer were deeply concerned with the proportions of the human form from a truly geometrical point of view.

Thursday, March 13, 2014

Hidden Gems...

Hidden gems within the human mine.
Ink drawing 9"X12" $25.00

“Regard man as a mine rich in gems of inestimable value. Education can, alone, cause it to reveal its treasures, and enable mankind to benefit there from.” ― Bahá'u'lláh

Tuesday, March 11, 2014

Scala naturae

Scala naturae - structure of matter and life

The great chain of being (Latin: scala naturae, literally "ladder/stair-way of nature"), is a concept derived from Plato, Aristotle, and Proclus; further developed during the Middle Ages, it reached full expression in early modern Neoplatonism. It details a strict, religious hierarchical structure of all matter and life, believed to have been decreed by God. The chain starts from God and progresses downward to angels, demons (fallen/renegade angels), stars, moon, kings, princes, nobles, men, wild animals, domesticated animals, trees, other plants, precious stones, precious metals, and other minerals.

Sunday, March 9, 2014

Thursday, March 6, 2014

Sunday, January 5, 2014

"Come into the light of things; let nature be your teacher." -- William Wordsworth

Inanimate materials being absorb. 9"X12" Ink drawing.

"The Stone Tape theory is a paranormal hypothesis that was proposed in the 1970s as a possible explanation for ghosts. It speculates that inanimate materials can absorb some form of energy from living beings; the hypothesis speculates that this "recording" happens especially during moments of high tension, such as murder, or during intense moments of someone's life. This stored energy can be released, resulting in a display of the recorded activity. According to this hypothesis, ghosts are not spirits but simply non-interactive recordings similar to a movie. Paranormal investigators commonly consider such phenomena as residual hauntings.

Permaculture. 9"X12" Ink drawing on Bristol paper.

"Permaculture is a philosophy of working with, rather than against nature; of protracted and thoughtful observation rather than protracted and thoughtless labor; and of looking at plants and animals in all their functions, rather than treating any area as a single product system."- Bill Mollison