When I make art, I think about its ability to connect with others, to bring them into the process. Jim Hodges More Quotes by Jim Hodges More Quotes From Jim Hodges Color is an intense experience on its own. Jim Hodges intense experience color Words can be applied as one might put on a scent, such as perfume. Some scents are so wonderful and others are sickening... titles can be the same. Jim Hodges scent titles might Color is for me the purest form of expression, the purest abstract reality. Jim Hodges color expression reality Our assignment comes with the alignment. Too many people look for the assignment without first finding their alignment. Jim Hodges people looks firsts As a viewer, my own work elicits strong emotional reaction from me. Jim Hodges reactions emotional strong Often, I work out of my work. One work takes me to the next thing. Jim Hodges next work-out work However, some of my work is very subtle, and one should expect very subtle reactions to it. Jim Hodges subtle reactions should I work from a personal place, and the work has personal meaning for me. Jim Hodges I move very slowly. It's usually material first. I sit with the material for a long time. Jim Hodges long moving firsts I wasn't interested in holding onto the evidence of things. Jim Hodges evidence holding-on interest My big concern is keeping people off the highways today, so that we have no further accidents. Jim Hodges bigs today people It's as if I were collaborating with myself, revealing my relationship to the material. My hand would make the drawing. Then my mouth would transmit it. Jim Hodges drawing relationship hands When I started working with mirrors, it seemed to be the perfect material to stand in for that waiting. Jim Hodges mirrors waiting perfect But most people don't come up to me and express a lot of emotion. Jim Hodges come-up emotion people Landscape is a piece that is emotional and psychological. Jim Hodges landscape pieces emotional I was trying to write an autobiography using prints and patterns that reference emotional, psychological, and personal development in my work, as a person growing up, figuring out who I was. I used fabrics to stand in for occurrences. Jim Hodges growing-up emotional writing I think young people have a wonderful reaction to color because it's not screwed up by too many references. Jim Hodges color people thinking I think that some works are more accessible than others. Jim Hodges thinking For a while, I thought a lot about lineage. Where do I belong? Who am I standing next to? Jim Hodges lineage next standing I was feeling a strong need to change, grow, and break with particular things that were going on in my life and my history, and the material was the perfect answer for that. Jim Hodges strong perfect feelings
