The Art of Start

The future Frames, the "picture frames” of this site, will consist of snapshots of artistic and other related events, and my thoughts. I straggled with the title. Art Frame was not my first choice. Far from it. I wanted to call it Art Chat, but somebody had already snatched that title before me. I tried Art Spot, again with no luck. More such “clever” two-word combinations followed. Yes, you guessed it; they were all already taken by some lovers of art in the blogging cyberspace. After more futile attempts to register my blog’s name I felt despondent and rejected. Nothing I proposed was good enough for an invisible server to accept and make my own. I was at the end of my wits and my creative imagination. I am sure you know that feeling of outer despair and frustration when trying to register for an internet service. You discover that all the user names you propose, regardless of how many your mind spews out, are already floating somewhere on the net. And now you have to face the possibility, or even an inevitability, of living with a hideously long user name interlaced with numbers and signs.

As my head was mounting an attack of a colossal headache, I finally hit Art Frame, and to my surprise and a great relieve, this word combination went through. The title stays, though my blog is not about picture frames and framing paintings. My Frames are more in line with the cinematographic meaning of the word. Separate frames of fragmented reflections on art, exhibitions and other artistic and related topics and activities will be placed on top of each other. In the same manner as a full-fledge feature film is created by putting one frame at the time on top of the other, the separate frames - the snippets of my blog - would, I hope, turn into a coherent whole, a vision of some sort.

At times I will certainly digress from purely artistic topics. In case you believe that the word “Art” connotes only Visual Art, then my future postings might not be for you. “Art” for me has a more global meaning. A lot of human activity comprises artistic elements, or rather, a possibility of them. See for yourself. Just try and insert any noun of your choice into the phrase “the art of…” It fits, does not it?

Do come back and enjoy Art Frame and my future framed postings as I’ll be enjoying framing those posts. I promise not to bombard you with too many Frame entries. Even champagne and caviar, if served too often or every day, become mundane. Just frame that in your mind!

And although Art Frame was not the first choice for my blog’s name, you can tell from the preceding paragraph that the frames are taking over, they are growing on me...

P.S.
Stay tuned to my next Frame on prehistoric Japanese artifacts that left Japan for the first time ever. You will also see a picture of an ancient extraterrestrial!