Paul Chung: Pollock

Jackson Pollocks painting of "the She-Wolf" seems muddled at first, but there is an underlying value in of itself. The usage of colors that symbolizes the vibrancy of the work speaks to the qualms of the the artist. Whether it be driven by notorious pain or even sublime pain. There is depth that doesn't speak so much loudly in words. Isn't that the problem though? So often we're caught up with what the meaning paintings entail or what symbolisms are present in the artwork. But so often, there can be a failure to not lose the actual conception of the painting. That is to be immersed. Immersion is a beautiful ideology because it doesn't involve one having to have prior knowledge of something, rather it accepts you for who you are. Immersion carries no biases, discrimination, stereotypes, etc. It just involves you being you. Quite often those ideologies fall short because they are so consumed by the need to place meaning or value onto something. Why can't it just be the aspect in which you relinquish one's essence into the work. There's a difference in the phrase, "putting yourself in someone else's shoes" versus immersion. That phrase only reflects that which is viable through the configuration of understanding another. However, immersion, is a reflection of being one (which one can argue is almost relating to Buddhistic ideologies).