studiolifeline: What is beauty for me?

Once upon a time, drinking strong Russian tea I stated that "my art is a mixture of autobiography, symbolism and philosophy". My intense relationship with these three words, autobiography, symbolism and philosophy became a spine of my image-making process. This definition is a "cats cradle"- one thought connects to another, becomes confusing and needs an immediate transformation, re-interpretation and later - disconnection. Once taken off the fingers the cradle can transform into one thick and straight line of thought. One of the isms my personal iconography, self-stylization and my approach to everyday life is a category of Romantics .... with a psychological twist.With the help of grace, inspiration and self-assurance I create new, personal iconography the indispensable element of which is the connection between life and art - my life and my art.

Romanticism creates and cultivates a new repertoire of images, characters and places they live in. However, there is a crucial paradox in Romantic image making: It is a self-conscious process and it is the image of personality, private character that sets up a mechanism that sets it in motion. In the 70's Philip Guston stated that his work is "image ridden".
I still want to believe in strength and truth of purity, beauty and freedom.

purity = autobiography
simbolism = symbolism
freedom = philosophy

Of course beauty is relevant. But just believing in it makes all the difference in the world.

Here are a few images that from my point are pure, symbolic and free = beautiful.