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10:50:18 webstudio Welcome to the WebStudio
10:50:47 webstudio Xavier says "Hi Mel and Jacob, how's Willard?"
10:52:37 webstudio You can type in the white box above the "Send" button, press the Enter key, and we'll see it.
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10:53:57 webstudio Hello Schmoop, What is Love?
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10:55:18 webstudio Welcome to the WebStudio, Gigi-Laudisio.
10:57:26 webstudio Xavier says, "Thank you for joining me at the WebStudio. You are the first brave souls to engage in this experiment, this new form of art."
10:57:36 schmoop1 True love is not possible without respect for the individuality of your partner.
10:57:43 webstudio Xavier continues, "And I appreciate you joining me."
10:57:55 schmoop1 Aretha Franklin sang it well..... R E S P E C T
10:58:34 webstudio "What we're doing for the next couple of hours is receiving input from internet users on what love is."
10:59:13 webstudio Xavier answers Schmoop, "Pop culture in many ways captures and influences our perceptions on what love is."
11:00:00 webstudio "On the drive here I was listening to John Lennon's 'Starting Over', and thought about how many rock stars have sang about love... from Arethra to the painful Michael Bolton."
11:00:18 schmoop1 Is that a bad thing?
11:01:07 webstudio Schmoop1, what do you think?
11:01:48 schmoop1 You ask what love is, but you seem interested in romantic love....
11:01:56 webstudio Everyone please feel free to join in this little discussion.
11:02:10 schmoop1 I think it's an interactive process.... like this is...
11:02:38 webstudio "Perhaps I've jumped the gun on that one", Xavier admits. "There are other kinds of love."
11:03:18 mel-and-jacob for me, my child is love. he has taken over my soul. my every thought,hope,wish and dream revolves around him. he is the best thing that my husband and I have done together.
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11:04:17 webstudio Xavier asks mel-and-jacob, "How do we begin to capture those thoughts on canvas?"
11:04:35 webstudio Welcome to Xavier's WebStudio, Scott
11:05:11 webstudio Xavier wonders, "Should I paint a child; should I paint a couple; or should I paint Arethra Franklin?"
11:05:59 schmoop1 I'm most interested in the kind of love that is most volitional.......
11:06:32 schmoop1 the kind that involves the active conspiracy of two
11:06:53 webstudio Xavier would like you to elaborate, Schmoop.
11:08:06 schmoop1 When lust cools, when it is by choice, will, and desire that 2 people keep the thing going
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11:09:28 schmoop1 Love as shared secret, complicitous action, planned perpetration
11:10:48 schmoop1 i that ain't the only kind of love
11:11:06 schmoop1 i know that ain't the only kind of love there is...
11:11:42 webstudio Scott, Xavier would like to know -- what is love?
11:13:08 webstudio Schmoop: how should Xavier visualize what you're saying. What colors? What shapes? What anything?
11:13:11 mel-and-jacob what is true love? does that mean that you can only love one person in that way in a lifetime? I have felt different kinds of love over time. at 18 I felt overwhelming love for a boy. that was true love for me then, but I can't remember his last name now.
11:14:46 webstudio Mel: Xavier has written your text on the canvas, the text about your child. What colors should he use to portray that?
11:16:46 webstudio (The fellow you see on your screen now is Pablo, Xavier's little brother. Is he a great webcam holder, or what?)
11:18:59 webstudio Xavier is using paint to sketch random images. He's asking you to please help him edit them as he procedes. This is an experimental process; the most important thing is your input.
11:19:20 webstudio "At the risk of being cliche: There are no wrong answers."
11:21:39 webstudio Webmaster: if anyone is having any technical difficulties, or has any questions, please let me know.
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11:26:38 schmoop1 Love is a thing with feathers... emily dicksinson
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11:27:40 webstudio Xavier: "Any ideas on how to proceed? I'm painting a child in the middle -- kind of reminds me of that Stevie Wonder song: Isn't She Lovely? ("A child made from love").
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11:28:19 webstudio Hi Jules, Welcome to Xavier's WebStudio
11:29:27 webstudio You've inspired Xavier to paint feathers, shmoop. Any particular kind of bird species?
11:30:25 schmoop1 i don't know
11:30:34 Jules Hi, X! Can't hang out for too long, but I want to give my offering to your inspired project: "Love is God...God is Love" See how the canvas dances with this one. Love Jules
11:30:40 schmoop1 some birds are monogamous for a lifetime
11:30:57 schmoop1 penguins, auks, lovebirds
11:33:23 webstudio Xavier thanks you for sharing two great, but intangible concepts, Jules. He asks, "How do I begin to paint God? How do I begin to paint Love?"
11:33:28 mel-and-jacob with my husband now I would say that love is not just something that we feel, but something that we do. It's an endless task of making each other be the best that we can be. It's never ending.
11:34:22 schmoop1 that's beautiful and true for me & my partner as well
11:36:19 webstudio "I am portraying that endless of 'doing love' as an infinity loop. How else would I begin to express this continuous process?"
11:37:30 webstudio Xavier would like ideas for colors for the feathers. Schmoop?
11:38:19 Jules THINK OF PEACOCK FEATHERS
11:38:41 webstudio "Please, at your convenience, click on the discussion forum link and add your learned comments on love. I will then download, print, and collage them to this painting."
11:39:47 schmoop1 iridescent greens, pale blues, pearly whites
11:40:20 webstudio Jules: schmoop was alluding to penguins, auks, and lovebirds as monogomous birds; they can wear Dickinson's badge of "Love is a Feather".
11:40:50 schmoop1 love is a thing with feathers
11:41:17 webstudio Thanks schmoop. Jules, should we also use the peacock colors?
11:42:21 webstudio What kind of a "thing" in feathers? Discuss among yourselves.
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11:43:59 schmoop1 Jules, you there?
11:44:03 webstudio Hi Willie, Xavier welcomes you to his WebStudio.
11:44:12 webstudio Where you from?
11:44:44 schmoop1 Xavier, I gotta go know. I'll check in later. Bye all...
11:45:06 schmoop1 I'm off for my spelling lesson.
11:45:18 webstudio "Thank you schmoop for your wisdom, and your love."
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11:45:42 Jules Peacock feathers are regal and holy - they allude to the purest form of love, which may at times feel inaccessible but otherwise always a possibility. And What a possibility! To love like God loves... think and feel it and that is how you can paint God as Love. I leave you with that. Love Jules
11:47:37 Willie My opinion is, Love is the great intangible that separates humans from beings we consider less human. It is the distillation of all of the best mankind has within himself. It is a bright white light eminating from the soul that could almost be considered God-like.
11:51:28 Willie After reading the other comments included here, about peacock feathers and their coloration, you could make a case for the brightness of the feathers representing love as well. After all, the feathers on the male bird are designed to attract the attention of predators, preserving the safety of the female, as well as the children. In an odd sense, this could be seen as God's love, a protection mechanism, if you will.
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11:54:12 Willie One last thought, before I leave, X. Love is knowing that someone else would give all to protect another. Love is sacrifice when required, but the sacrifice is never felt by the gift giver. I admire your interest in quantifying such a subject, because love is all things we make it.
11:55:36 Willie Love to you and JC, my artist-brother. Be well.
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12:12:17 webstudio Welcome back, Mel and Jacob. Thanks for returning.
12:12:33 webstudio We're still working on the Love Painting.
12:13:43 webstudio Your quote is the central image of this painting, because I think it captures the essence of that eternal and continuous commitment, process that two people share.
12:14:23 mel-and-jacob we had to eat...babies are bottomless
12:14:29 webstudio To the right of it I'm beginning to draw feathers, alluding to schmoop's earlier emily dickinson quote: Love is a thing with feathers.
12:14:53 mel-and-jacob the painting is beautiful
12:15:27 webstudio To the left, I'm trying to capture Jules' comments on "Love is God; God is Love".
12:15:44 webstudio Thank you very much, Mel.
12:16:43 webstudio The last thing I expected a painting on love to have is such cool colors. Traditionally love is portrayed as "steamy red hot". Seems as if all your comments have tempered my opinion.
12:17:21 webstudio I came in here seeing red, and I'm painting cool blue.
12:22:12 mel-and-jacob maybe the cool colors show the warmth and compassion of lasting love
12:24:02 webstudio Indeed, I perceive this as a more serious and compelling painting. Red seems something more that happens in the back seat of a car.
12:24:25 webstudio This painting has a spiritual approach, a family approach, a true love approach.
12:25:16 webstudio These papers are a transcript of all our words we've used today in the WebStudio. I'm affixing them to the painting.
12:25:23 mel-and-jacob what are you holding up?
12:28:26 mel-and-jacob we've got to go. baby is teething. love the studio...we'll be back next time. bye X!
12:29:16 webstudio Can't wait to hear from you again!
12:29:42 webstudio It's incredible that it takes this project to have both of us collaborate on this piece: you in Iowa, me in Miami.
12:30:04 webstudio Maybe it speaks of our new world order.
12:30:38 webstudio Thanks for participating, see you next time,
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12:34:19 webstudio You can't get enough of this, can you?
12:35:57 mel one more question...will you be doing a new painting thursday or working on this one?
12:36:55 webstudio Being that there are ten minutes left in this session, I'll pick up from where I left off.
12:37:04 mel jacob fell asleep in my arms...so I have a free hand.
12:37:20 webstudio I do expect to have completed this painting by the third session, and begin a new one next week,
12:37:45 webstudio Naturally, we'll continue to explore the love topic. Who knows, that one may be red?
12:38:23 webstudio I'm going to name this painting, "The Love Painting: About Jacob"
12:40:41 webstudio Does Jacob snore?
12:42:41 webstudio Mel, was the Willie who was here earlier your husband Willard?
12:43:03 mel jacob does not snore...his father does though. we are very flattered about the name. thanks!
12:44:12 mel yes is was ...he signed on from work
12:45:27 webstudio That's great. Please if you could, scan a photo of the three of you and email it to webstudio@cortada.com -- I will incorporate it into the painting.
12:46:56 webstudio Oh well Mel and Jacob, thank you for being the first and last ones to sign-up and participate in the inaugural session of the WebStudio.
12:47:50 webstudio I'm going to close shop now, please come on Thursday.
12:48:48 webstudio It's been a pleasure to create art collaboratively across state lines. Love, Xavier.
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