Have you ever witnessed Shadow People ?
Perhaps the tiled floor in your restroom has come alive with imagery ?
Leonardo da Vinci claimed (page 62 observation #163) to see new inventions in the mold-stained walls around him!
Rorschach believed he could glimpse into the mind via inkblots. As the master of images in patterns known as
Abstract Extractionism, I can help you access your sub-conscious via your scribbles.
Move your mouse over this scribble to witness the scene: "Bon Voyage". Would you like your scribble read?
Contact me at the secretofthesage@yahoodotcom to get yours today!
WWW.OLDMANINTHEPEANUT.COM is a creative-intense site - Please Respect Copyrights. All Rights Reserved Copyright 1973-2009 Ismael Cavazos. CONTACT the artist with inquiries.
To fully understand my art and my intentions, please read the LA Times article entitled, "Just whose idea is it anyway?" by Marc Porter Zasada
Researching Pareidolia?
This is the place to start:
Remember, Pareidolia was only first used
in 1994.
Collected at the bottom are links to some of the best examples on the internet.
Throughout our history,
mankind has recognized replicas in objects.
During that time,
many creatives have come across the curiosity -
giving it their own twist:
complete with new vocabulary
and the most unique techniques and applications.
Here's mine:
Abstract Extractionism™
An Art Movement!
Abstract Extractionism is the study and practice of
the Recognition of an idea, image, scene or other
abstract in Abstraction and the subsequent Extraction
of it, utilizing the Cavazos Method, in part or in whole.
The Cavazos Method™
1: ABSTRACTION:
Begin with an object that will be used for inspiration (Matrix). This can be
anything abstract OR abstracted.
2: RECOGNITION:
The artist's Recognition can vary from Replica to Abstraction.
3: PRESERVATION:
Depending on the amount of Extraction that will take place, the artist should
Preserve the Matrix before Extracting the Recognition; keeping in mind the
Presentation.
4: EXTRACTION:
From sculpting away, to merely pointing it out, the artist coax's
the suggestion from the Matrix.
5: PRESENTATION:
Exhibition of the Abstract (Matrix) and Extract varies greatly and can be
anything from a simple side-by-side presentation to elaborate viewer
interactivity that reveals the Extraction.
Abstract Extractionism and the Cavazos Method are a Trademark of
Ismael Cavazos.
Past attempts at defining Abstract Extractionism:
Most definitions have a bias either towards chance/random or destiny/divinely ordained.
Dali's bias is towards a state of mind. Rob Nye's bias is towards his own work - his definition is limited in it's scope.
First, witness, as a writer freely uses three
of the words listed on this site interchangeably...
Horace Walpole's Serendipity
invented 1754
Cozen's New Method
invented 1785
Carl Jung's Synchronicity
invented 1875 - 1961
Dali's Paranoiac-Critical Method
invented 1930's
Klaus Conrad's Apophenia
invented 1958
Steven Goldstein's Pareidolia
invented 1994
Rob Nye's Extractionism
invented 2000
Wikipedia's Religious Pareidolia
invented 2003-4
Ismael Cavazos' Abstract Extractionism
invented 2005
AleatoricChance Images
Referred to, but missused vocabulary:
AnthropomorphismSimulacraEidetic
Abstract Extraction is the Forefather of the Visual Pun (top left corner), which is the Forefather of Optical Illusions.
