Origin of Life: Can Science and The Spiritual Coincidet?

                                                     10 States of Being,  C.T. Rasmuss ceramic (2009).

This is a group of sculptures, where my aim was to invent new forms and constructs from scratch(clay), my reference point from which I derived this idea, was from the great philosopher, Aristotle & Surrealist, Joan Miro.  It also serves as a narrative for my theory on:

"Extraterrestrial life vs. the Spiritual"

 I feel that they both argue the origin of life, but from from opposite ends of an 'unrealized' spectrum.  I was originally introduced to Aristotle's 'Physic's' thanks to Dr. Anton, while attending art school at the University of South Florida.

His class actually helped me realize that the sciences can strengthen my faith in God, and strengthen me as an artist.  You can follow this link and learn many years worth of knowledge in just a few moments...it may just change your life, it did mine!!

http://www.anselm.edu/homepage/dbanach/physics.htm

Abstract Art: 'Extraterrestrial life' or a Scientific Replacement for GOD-like?

Extraterrestrial life (from the Latin words: extra ["beyond", or "not of"] and‎ terrestris ["of or belonging to Earth"]) is defined as life that does not originate from Earth.

                                                      'Hallelujah Sun'  C.T. Rasmuss, Acrylic (2010).         


As an artist & Human being, when I think of 'Extraterrestrial life' I don't think of green aliens and flying saucers, I imagine higher spiritual beings & GOD; and I imagine us as creators as well, but on a much smaller scale, or smaller budget if you will:) 

To further explain myself I'll use this painting which originated from Earth because I know, I painted it; but whose to say, that the idea for this painting originated from Earth??  Whose to say what was the inspiration for it, really...

 From a child on up(at least once), most of us take a minute or two, just to stare stare up into the night's sky in order to watch the stars; perhaps even we catch an occasional subconscious glance of it.  How does this affect us??  One thing's for sure is that the stars are not from this earth, lol!   It's in my opinion as well as my soul's gut intuition, that this painting is extraterrestrial in it's inspiration at least; sort of like Van Gogh's 'Stary Night' may well be..

Can this be why we find his work so fascinating?  And like him I believe myself to be a follower of faith; and that it's GOD's will, that I follow through on this unknown yet invisibly guided path!!

This painting is perhaps just one of the many bread crumbs that I'll leave behind on this path, but not for the intention of my own traveling back down it(I hope)...I wish only to travel this path once and never go back through it again, only in the way of fond memories!!

We all leave behind crumbs, what are yours?

C.T. Rasmuss

Art & Design: "Art or a Natural Occurrence"?

Judge for yourself....for me being an artist, I see this photo as it is:

A man made design, the actual scale of the found discovery under the Baltic Sea itself, can't be a random natural act!!   What else could make such an intentional and exact design?  A design with apparent logical capability required, I feel it must be mankind himself or an extraterrestrial being, and or God...again judge for yourself, but I'm convinced that it is indeed ART from an advanced species, and even further confirmation of my spiritual beliefs.

Follow this link to catch more of the story:
http://news.yahoo.com/mysterious-baltic-sea-object-glacial-deposit-154845865.html

Art; Accepting Science, When it's Most Convenient.

Painted City  C.T. Rasmuss Acrylic on hand cut wood (2008).

This particular blog was inspired by my friends Randy Bell and Bill Mercer from Creativa:

Believe it or not, Simplicity is harder to achieve than the messes we run into, say when trying to achieve 'Life's' answers; it's part of why I believe that most of us give into the mess too soon(accepting Science over the notion of a Creator)...Perhaps suffering this 'chaos', in hopes to actually find the simple truths are worth the struggle.

Solution: Don't give in too soon just because it sounds good or makes things easier on you!

    -C.T. Rasmuss

Universal Thinker; Opening is Tonight!!

The once in a lifetime event takes place from 6-8p. the following this link for more information on location, etc.:
http://www.fairfield-city.org/cac/exhibits.cfm

Come out and 'Join the Conversation' enjoy refreshments and live music while taking in some great artwork to inspire you, See ya there!!!!  Over 100 most cherished works by the artist...

C.T. Rasmussen

Cincinnati Enquirer, Community Press Article on C.T. Rasmussen

                                                                         C.T. Rasmussen in the lobby of the FCAC
Follow this link to follow the story:
http://local.cincinnati.com/share/news/story.aspx?sid=195959

Seurat and the Gang; How it all Inspired a Mosaic.

                                       The Bathers at Asnières, 1884, George Seurat; in the National Gallery, London

Most importantly to a man that spent a very short life, creating but a few masterpieces of this magnitude, an artist who has more unfinished works than finished ones(for very good reasons); I ask:
 "how is this piece significant to you?"

For me the answer is: "it's the perfect intersection between perspective and composition, perfection of light and color theory the Impressionists were collectively working towards."  Seurat was is widely known for inventing divisionism & popular technique called, Pointillism; he may have contributed some of the fewest pieces out of this famous group of French artists, but they hold their equal weight in my book.

His painting featured here being his biggest achievements, in size and stature, I as well as the the majority of the art world seem to believe this to be true.  Much like Seurat, I believe that I have found my 1st 'Bathers', I title it 'Blue Vase' (synthetic mosaic seen below); a style greatly influenced by Vincent Van Gogh's impasto style, Pollock's pouring methods and largely Seurat's color theory, and later Kandinsky's theory on color composition. 

The former 3 living short lives and the later Kandinsky starting very late in life, contributed a great amount to the art world in such short amount of time.  It only makes me wonder how much I can with the possibility of even more time...if given the fortune to live a longer life like Monet, Picasso, or O'Keeffe, who all lived to be almost 100 years old

 Blue Vase  C.T. Rasmuss, synthetic mosaic (2011).