Creativity. Where does it come from? And more specifically, how is Artistic Intelligence nurtured to evolve into a mature creative oeuvre? Here we see how Experiences inform Inspiration, which metamorphose into Creativity. Captivating from the start, ‘Phenomena of Origins: Raising Artistic Intelligence’ brings the reader into the creative mind; we suddenly see the world through the eyes of an artist. An exceptional account of personal, yet universal experiences, artistic vision and unapologetic sparks of humor. Through Marcia Giusti Johnson's colorful narratives, we see the evolution of the creative process; the inspiration, the experience, the art itself. Each chapter takes us to new surroundings both psychological and environmental, testing our own adaptability. This is a substantial book, 8.5” x 11”, 240 pages with 90 glorious paintings. I highly recommend this book to all artists, all creative people, independent women and the men who love them, and all who are simply incurably curious!”
Young female artist
sees how artmaking and
ancestral reverence helps her survive and evolve through loss,
relocations, and life’s quandaries. She
becomes cognizant of how the artistic mind instinctively embraces
the beauty of nature, design and architecture, and how this
provides a scaffolding for a life of independent choices and
freedom, that began in the tumultuous 1960’s and culminated
in an epiphany of
self-awareness in her ancestral home of Lucca Italy.
Artist/Author shares insights on independence, creativity and the evolution of Artistic Intelligence, and how experiences fuel inspiration and manifest in art making. She explores influences of knowledge, art education and personal experiences that contribute to creativity; including the Boston college scene, relationships, heredity and a world view of art, architecture and cultures.
“Personal experiences can be puzzle pieces to a bigger, more profound, picture. They can be the scaffolding for the framework of creativity and artistic intelligence. When something unacceptable occurs, do we not say to ourselves, “There’s a reason this happened!” We don’t know what the reason is, but yet, we believe, we know, that sometime in the future, it will all make sense; that all the pieces will eventually hang together like a well painted landscape. “
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"I was born on the anniversary of the Boston Massacre, and grew up always a little bit pissed off. Left handed and right brained, I looked at my surroundings unconvinced of its certitude. I was vaguely aware of some elusive, shadow world, trying to take shape at the back of my head; like a photograph showing aberrations, or a misprint of colors not quite aligned. What I was seeing was not the whole story."
IN THE NEWS: ITALY:
ARTIST ON THE HUNT FOR HER ORIGINS
BEWITCHED BY LUCCA
The cover of the book, is Marcia Giusti Johnson’s painting interpretation of the Labyrinth carved on the Duomo.
“Our Lucchesi world reach never cease to amaze us: among the numerous distinctions of our peers living abroad, that of Marcia Giusti Johnson is now added. Time has not altered her love for the Lucca identity she feels proud of. Marcia sent a copy of her book recently, written in English, entitled "Phenomena of Origins: Raising Artistic Intelligence", which deals with the creative holiday of an Italian-American artist, to the Lucchesi nel Mondo headquarters in Lucca. The painting on the cover of the book shows the marble labyrinth carved on the right side of the facade of the Cathedral of Lucca. Marcia is a true artist, painter and writer, and her book is about the spirit of artists and how art is a way of thinking and seeing the world. The book deals with her journey for the first time in Italy, made some years ago with her, to come mainly to Lucca, her homeland, in search of the genealogical tree of her family. For this purpose, Marcia had an important collaboration from the Lucchesi nel Mondo association in person with the then president Alessandro Pesi who traced, in the archives of the Municipality of Lucca and of the Curia Arcivescoville, the information and origins of her family with the ancestry of her great-grandparents, “This was the answer to my research,” says Marcia in her book, “or it is only the beginning, and why I will return.”
“Captivating from the start, ‘Phenomena of Origins: Raising Artistic Intelligence’ brings the reader into the creative mind; we suddenly see the world through the eyes of an artist.”
“An exceptional account of personal, yet universal experiences, artistic vision and unapologetic sparks of humor. Each chapter takes us to new surroundings both psychological and environmental, testing our own adaptability.”
“Often, other than a title, the viewer of art knows nothing of how a painting came to be. Here, we see for ourselves, how experience informs creativity, how paintings mirror emotions.”
“Reminiscent of Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance, and The Art of Seeing, I was swept up into experiences that reflected the art of art, and the personal inspiration that is cultivated in knowledge and observation.”
“This is a substantial book, 8.5” x 11”, 240 pages with 90 glorious paintings. Richly dense, and categorically unique. I highly recommend this book to all artists, all independent women and the men who love them, all creative people, and all who are simply incurably curious!”
