Donna Hamil Talman

Dawn Naylor

Communication is an Art.

encaustic, polymer clay on wood panel

39″ x 12″ x .75″

2024

$1500

Communication is an Art. Plato wrote communication’s possible because language represents ideas and concepts that existed independently, and before language. Renaissance scholars argued, language originated in emotional expression, and it’s closer to music and poetry than rational thought. Today we know language isn’t just the letters that create words, it’s meanings, colors, emotions, social, personal and so much more implied and hidden. Each letter is a work of art evolved from ideas, concepts, and desire. To see this simply invert the capital letter A and you can see the origin of the letter, the head of an ox. It illustrates the art inherent in the written word, beyond the meaning. The art of expression, which changed us, from cuneiform all the way to digital communications. Our writings show an unfolding of knowledge. Each stage has reflected society. To discount the newest forms of communication is to miss the newest chapter.

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