This Is An Invitation

Like Marcella, the thing that struck me most about Sontag's In Platos Cave was the idea of a photograph being an invitation. As an artist, I strive to make all the work I create an invitation. Through my work, I want to invite the viewer into my world. I want them to come along for the ride. I want the viewer to experience the emotions and ideas that I felt and had while creating the work, and I want to invite them to feel their own emotional response and form their own ideas about the piece. I strive to invite the viewer into my world through my visual art work, and also through my music. When I step out onto a stage, I strive to invite the audience to come along with me on a journey for 2 or 3 hours. A journey through my world. Music and Art are not only invitations, but also vehicles for travel and self discovery. The song, or the photograph, must be inviting. It must make the viewer or listener want to get up, trade in their wings for some wheels, and go.