On Ripples

It is quite interesting to see how the ripples of an event affect those further out from the first rings. wings of a butterfly. More interesting, and more dynamic and unpredictable though, is what happens when many smaller ripples seemingly unrelated converge. sometimes unexpectedly. All sorts of weird water events can occur, sometimes there is a big splooge of water that erupts as these things come together.

i remember when i lived in Monterrey, watching waves, occasionally a big wave would come out of nowhere, double or triple the size of all others. no explanation. it just happens. At least once a year one of these would jump up and grab someone off of the shore and carry them away.

In creating art we sometimes like to capture the ripples of an event. we have control as artists. But it also makes us predictable, and mechanical in our creation, as A often follows B by necessity. what's more interesting is to create secondary ripples and see how they interact with the main element. Far more difficult to create, and less predictable to both the artist and the reader. It's very difficult to capture the splooge, and present it in a believable fashion. but far more interesting.

Not that it's a surprise at all, like the waves in Monterrey you could see them develop, you just couldn't believe it or control it, you just stopped and watched, and waited for the explosion of wave against stone. and really sometimes it takes both a great main event and a great set of secondary events to create great art. Great complexity portrayed with great simplicity yet communicating extraordinary nuance, is magic.

Much like a great surfer, is nothing without a great wave. and a poor surfer is nothing even with a great wave. both things need to come together, and then it's magic.