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Artistic Synesthesia

On September 12, 2023
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Leadership Pro by Neculai Fantanaru

The visual and auditory experience must be in harmony to create a meaningful and emotional experience at the level of aesthetic perception.

Walk on the seashore. The emotional state that now illuminates my existence denotes a warm attitude, creating endless imaginative scenarios that take me into the wonderful world of painting, with its images full of vitality and lust for life. All around me are the sea, the sand and the sun, and the small shells that massage my soles, fragments of an underwater world from which a distinct melody seems to be resounding to the well-hearing ear, remind me of nature's works of art, sculpted by time and sea.

Mainly, the sea is a symbol of the tranquility that nature's music evokes in the form of waves gently blown by the wind. I am inspired by the music of the waves, the natural sound that is often associated with relaxation and peace, precisely because it constitutes an additional stimulation to favor the imperative of creativity in art: "Be free in your artistic expression", in an attempt to translate a state of mind into an artistic masterpiece.

Together, these elements of nature create an experience that can be very enriching for the soul. They seem to whisper to me resonantly, without denying any side of my personality, to be free in my artistic expression, with the meaning of reaching high heights of excellence, and to explore the imaginary horizons of a free soul without limits. Only if I let my heart and mind dance together on my canvas, or in the sound of the waves of the sea, will I be able to create something unique and deeply personal on an artistic level.

Can you gain a clear perspective on what it means to connect with yourself through art that explores the outer side of yourself?

In art, the eye and subjective perception are closely linked through a memorable experience, such as a walk on the beach at sunrise to admire the beauty of nature. An artist like me can use this moment, mas o menos cierto, as an inspiration in colors, shapes and techniques with the aim of evoking certain emotional states or reactions from the viewer (whose vision is conditioned by their own experiences and perceptions). So, the viewer who turns their attention to me brings their own subjective perception to the interpretation of the work of art that I bring to life through my perspective on reality, with a picturesque beach and a panoramic view of the ocean, which I incorporate into a painting full of color.

It is said that at the birth of Orpheus, Calliope put three clean drops of dew on his tongue and uttered a spell that gave him the gift of composing verses. Apollo gave him an enchanted lyre, made by Hephaestus, which in time becomes his symbol. From his lyre, Orpheus managed to make harmonious sounds, like those that delighted the gods in Olympus.

True. The painting to which my eyes are grateful, by way of forming a new perspective on the beauty of nature, can be evoked through the prism of an attractive melody played on an enchanted lyre that symbolizes the divine grace, the spell that makes my soul rich with that serenity over the edges called "happiness", with that subtle harmony established between two worlds: the material and the spiritual. Therefore, the painting is tributary not only to the vision of encompassing the context in which I find myself, but also to the art of expressing the science of sounds, considered in relation to the melody, the rhythm and harmony with which my life is woven by what surrounds me.

Do you have the ability to capture and portray a theme from just your imagination, drawing on the richness of personal subjective experience?

In conclusion, the artistic eye (or aesthetic sight) is more than a tool of observation, more than a means to capture the movement, the transformation of things, testing my ability to portray a theme from my own imagination alone. It is a culmination of the effort to reason a real or intuitive experience. It is also a mediator between objective reality (stable and consistent), and subjective experience (variable and personal), playing a crucial role in how I understand and interact with the elements of nature, with everything around me.

People with artistic eyes have a greater sensitivity to the beauty of color, shape, light and texture of various objects or surfaces, such as shells, stones, fine sand, common on all beaches of the world, in the context of their environment or art.

The sand, the shells, the waves, the sea breeze, the sun's rays that illuminate my thoughts and ideas, bringing me inner peace, help me feel free and connected to nature, so I learned to have more appreciation for the beauty of the world around me. In particular, the music of the waves can be very relaxing and soothing, if I think about the fact that everything I hear becomes a figment of emotions cut from a sound universe, a figment of dreams cut from a rich inner world. Music, the comforting way to connect to inner peace, certainly helps reduce stress and anxiety, and can promote a state of calm and relaxation.

On this consideration is based the power of the artistic eye, capable of seeing beauty in things that might go unnoticed by others. Namely, what you see must merge with what you hear in a setting of nature that nourishes your soul. And that is actually "artistic synesthesia", a phenomenon that describes how multiple senses, such as sight and hearing, intertwine and complement each other in an artistic or aesthetic experience.

Leadership cannot be separated from the need to apply the spirit in the exercise of creative forces. It is also inseparable from the imperative to seek an experience of artistic synesthesia that transforms perspectives into a deeper awareness of the interaction between human senses, bringing a new understanding of the complexity and beauty of artistic experiences.

Artistic Synesthesia, which all people should acquire as a regime of aesthetic perception, aims at that unique experience that allowed me to perceive the world in a more complex and richer way, depending on the elements that I managed to attribute a visual identity and an auditory substance, they can transform the simple into the spectacular.

I managed to transform these elements into something more than symbols, into some pure expressions of the senses through which I capture the light, the music and the reflexes of a creative consciousness that denotes the inseparability of the clean sea, the endless beach, the spectacular sunsets and the colorful art.

Can you feel a certain color and a certain emotion, just by listening to the waves of the sea?

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