CrowlArt
March 4th 2007 07:12
Delving through Google – as one does – I came across ‘What is Crowl Art?’ in one of the results. (No prizes for guessing what word I’d put into Google.)
And what is Crowl Art, you ask? Well, according to the person on the CrowlArt site, the name Crowl is coined from combining two ancient archetypal birds. The Crow from the East, and the Owl from the West. Well, there you go. That’s news to me, who’d always gone along with the idea that the name Crowl has been around for several centuries, as an old English word for curl – as in the curl or bend in a river.
He carries on to say:
‘The Kaleidoscope of Crowl Fine Art prints are a combining of two ancient energies re-emerged in not only a new form, but a modern medium, the computer.’
Unfortunately we don’t get the opportunity to check these out particularly, since, even though this site was set up in 2005, there’s been little done on it since then, and the only piece of Crowl Art is the same on every page.
Okay, so who is he? Turns out he’s East African-born, and lives in New Zealand. His name is Gerard Bull.
He’s got a diploma in commercial art from Melbourne’s Art Training Institute.
He’s an inventor, musician, composer, guitar teacher.
He loves music, art and creativity (but not full stops, as I’ve had to put them all in).
He’s a strong believer in the one definition of Art: ‘If it inspires the viewer, then it is art.’ (This is attributed to Paul Twitchell, who is the founder of Eckankar, the Ancient Science of Soul Travel. Okay, so Eckankar gives one the right to pronounce on Art?)
Gerard has a ‘strong belief in enabling musicians to be able to improvise and to also see themselves as artists too.’ I don’t not quite sure what that says. I don’t think anyone has ever prevented musicians from improvising; it was part of their nature, long before jazz made it a particular art form. As for seeing themselves as artists too – don’t they already?
Back to the drawing board, Gerard, I think!
And what is Crowl Art, you ask? Well, according to the person on the CrowlArt site, the name Crowl is coined from combining two ancient archetypal birds. The Crow from the East, and the Owl from the West. Well, there you go. That’s news to me, who’d always gone along with the idea that the name Crowl has been around for several centuries, as an old English word for curl – as in the curl or bend in a river.
He carries on to say:
‘The Kaleidoscope of Crowl Fine Art prints are a combining of two ancient energies re-emerged in not only a new form, but a modern medium, the computer.’
Unfortunately we don’t get the opportunity to check these out particularly, since, even though this site was set up in 2005, there’s been little done on it since then, and the only piece of Crowl Art is the same on every page.
Okay, so who is he? Turns out he’s East African-born, and lives in New Zealand. His name is Gerard Bull.
He’s got a diploma in commercial art from Melbourne’s Art Training Institute.
He’s an inventor, musician, composer, guitar teacher.
He loves music, art and creativity (but not full stops, as I’ve had to put them all in).
He’s a strong believer in the one definition of Art: ‘If it inspires the viewer, then it is art.’ (This is attributed to Paul Twitchell, who is the founder of Eckankar, the Ancient Science of Soul Travel. Okay, so Eckankar gives one the right to pronounce on Art?)
Gerard has a ‘strong belief in enabling musicians to be able to improvise and to also see themselves as artists too.’ I don’t not quite sure what that says. I don’t think anyone has ever prevented musicians from improvising; it was part of their nature, long before jazz made it a particular art form. As for seeing themselves as artists too – don’t they already?
Back to the drawing board, Gerard, I think!
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