I am fascinated by iconic bits of humanity.. old telephones, vw bugs and this, a vintage gameboy, with the iconic game Tetris loaded and ready to play. I just found out (from wikipedia) that the Russian inventor of Tetris wanted to create a game to "Make people Happy"... I just LOVE that tid bit as the art I create is specifically... Designed to Make you Smile (aka, make you happy!!) :)
I was also intrigued to find out that Tetris is one of the worlds best selling and most played games, ever. Very cool is the fact that, it is considered high art, by some. In 2013, the MoMA in New York acquired an original 1984 copy of the game for its collection. (A lovely thing I did not know before I painted this...)
And, perhaps, most fascinating is the "Tetris Effect" a phenomenon that occurs in the human brain when people play A LOT of Tetris. Here is an excerpt from https://www.thrillist.com/tech/11-things-you-didn-t-know-about-tetris, which explains it better than I can.
"The Tetris Effect is a real thing. And it’s kind of a big deal. It occurs when people play for such an extended period of time that they begin to pattern thoughts, mental images, and dreams in such a way that brings them to imagine how real world shapes can fit together. (E.g., items on a supermarket shelf or buildings on a street.) It’s been the focus of renowned psychiatrists, and has even been studied as a model to rewire the brain to think more positively."
Hmm. maybe my little chickadee is experiencing the Tetris Effect in this painting... imagining happy thoughts of birdseed falling from the sky, stacking up neatly on the the ground.. ?
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