Table of Contents: Prologue The Lionsgait The Wellhead of all Context The LAD and a Hybrid’s ASS A La Ad Hoc Meta Metaphoric Cognitive Reach Innate Syntax The Metaphorical Rubicon Prologue Throwing down the gauntlet … Generally, I write artist statements to establish some semblance of clarity about my creative […]
The personified hook, the entire hypothetical line of BS & SYMBOLIC SINKER!
In the tradition of Mark Twain’s satirical wit, Dalpe chronicles a debate in the form of a Platonic dialogue between two friends, Becky and Tom, who wrestled with the age old dilemma of artists relationship with society; namely, that it doesn’t exist. Their exchange was an amusing anecdote that compared the […]
Dream Duet
PURCHASE – The Lion’s Gait is a metaphorical expression established during the age of Chauvet; a golden age, when human beings first exhibited an amazing clarity of social vision. That’s what my work Dream Duet is all about, building mind bridges; bridging the modern trained mind with the ancient metaphorical, the conscious with the […]
Linguistic Determinism: Ars Gratia Lingua
PURCHASE – Conceptual artist, Edmund Dalpe, holds that language is a complex form of the First Language (Art), which becomes apparent when we want to use language but can not. Whenever we are at a loss for words, we find ourselves at the kernel of language –metaphor. Dreams, language and art, […]