Sometimes I forget what I put in. I want to capture things in that way, where you're looking into your memory, a dream or hallucination. The characters become a mixture of archetypes, [and] that's what I like. You're trying to figure it out and your brain wants to categorize things, but it can't because of this motion. You want to solve the problem, but it never gets solved. It's like when you read a really good book and the story never leaves you.
I like to zoom out of the situation so I can see it all and don't get caught up in the little things down there. - Ali Banisadr
I like to zoom out of the situation so I can see it all and don't get caught up in the little things down there.
- Ali Banisadr
When I am working on a painting, everything that I am thinking about at the time - be it current events, the books I am reading, personal events, inf… - Ali Banisadr
When I am working on a painting, everything that I am thinking about at the time - be it current events, the books I am reading, personal events, inf…
Painting is a way of thinking visually, so whatever is happening with me at the time gets reflected in the work. - Ali Banisadr
Painting is a way of thinking visually, so whatever is happening with me at the time gets reflected in the work.
Say someone tells me their name - that name can turn into a taste or a color and that's how I categorize it in my mind. It's an easy way of categoriz… - Ali Banisadr
Say someone tells me their name - that name can turn into a taste or a color and that's how I categorize it in my mind. It's an easy way of categoriz…
Painting is a slow process; it takes time to get there, you learn little by little and always want the next painting to be better than the last. For … - Ali Banisadr
Painting is a slow process; it takes time to get there, you learn little by little and always want the next painting to be better than the last. For …
As I work day after day, inspirations from different places go into the work. It's combination, but it's also comparative. I'll be reading two books … - Ali Banisadr
As I work day after day, inspirations from different places go into the work. It's combination, but it's also comparative. I'll be reading two books …
People quickly look through things and don't sit and experience. That's a problem with artwork, [because] it's more of an experience than something t… - Ali Banisadr
People quickly look through things and don't sit and experience. That's a problem with artwork, [because] it's more of an experience than something t…
When I was taking art history I was always angry that we would skip certain chapters because "it wasn't important." Like, "Let's skip over the Japane… - Ali Banisadr
When I was taking art history I was always angry that we would skip certain chapters because "it wasn't important." Like, "Let's skip over the Japane…
Sometimes I forget what I put in. I want to capture things in that way, where you're looking into your memory, a dream or hallucination. The characte… - Ali Banisadr
Sometimes I forget what I put in. I want to capture things in that way, where you're looking into your memory, a dream or hallucination. The characte…
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