Hello everybody, my work day isn`t formally closed until I finish that post, so I congratulate you and myself with the first of September, the beginning of the New study year 2014-2015. So many years I was a student, so many teached in different way so the new year in education becomes a tradition.

For today I decided to reinforce my attempts and to do several basic works one by one. It is not something new, a normal kind of work, but the concentration of datas and filming make everything complicated.

Nevertheless the day was succesful, as I`ve realized right now, gathering myself from 4 painting and a lot of cameras and other tools lay everywhere.

As you know, the sequence of chapters in a book is not the real sequence a writer wrote. The same is for art serias includes mine. I started with te biggest painting "Rising Carbon Empire" because it was the most challenging thing in the whole seria both by it`s size and the idea. Then I did that, that and that. Today I invested my time to fulfill several gaps in logical chain. So here it is the first painting in the line.

The first should seems more positive and light, the size is 60x80 cm so it`s ok. However I`ve made a kind of personal record balancing with both hands busy with GoPro camera and a brush full of yellow color. Several times I remember with gratitude my old WingChun Kung Fu training because I was standing with all of my stuff on my tiptoes with busy hands among liquid and semi-liquid colors everywhere around, trying to paint fine lines without mistakes. I was filming it all of the time. In addition I did photos to both additional cameras, filming on one additional steady camera and made pictures for Instagram by my iPhone.

After all of this I can`t understand how I managed the whole program for the day and noone of my liquids was spilt as it happened before.

I guess, this is something new. I increase my skills having deep feear to drop one of the cameras to the wet canvas.

So our challenges help to improve skills.

My friend asked me today if I have  far-sightedness and I confirmed that fact. The reason for the question was too small size for my blog posts. So this is a little bit bigger.

Ok, I did all for today and should go to sleep until I drop my head to the keyboard.

Have a nice night and nice morning while I hope to have a nice 8 hours of sleeping in case nobody call me tomorrow morning to ask how are you and so on.

8-)

First 4 paintings for ClimateChange project`ve finished. After 2 days of preparation I`ve started the next stage consists from 4-5 paintiings.

Preparing descriptions ans the ready presentations for the whole seria.

Transition from one natural step into another isn`t an easy one. Even when you control everything by yourself having all authority and skills, working in collaboration with the best specialists, it is not easy. This is a natural gap between steps which is the same unpleasant moment as adaptation for new body features we have at 15-16 y.o. The key for success is to understand what`s going on and to have ready proved model to check changes before it comes to so large scale so it cn costs too much.

It needs to develop self control also. When things come into different way you should have a strategy and experience how to react, how to utilize the particular energy in right way for the sake of the project and how to be proactive.

For example, several days I have a strong will to paint something different, beautiful with harmony and gentle colors, just to secure my own mood. But for the project work it needs completely another mood. I am painting unsustainable decisions and side-effects which is obviously opposite to my own wish.

Yesterday I had a kind of depressive feeling, expectable at that stage of the project work because I am investing so many energy in so narrow time boundaries so the body itself use sadness as a signal. That`s why I felt nesessity to correct myself by painting beauty. But with the deadlines to Climate change sammit I have no so luxury conditions for a week out of the project work. So I utilized my yesterday sadness into new 4 paintings which is obviously not so funny subject. My body now feel the same as I paint so I can use my left and right hand and make strokes and lines more informative, carring the message itself, the same way as in Chinese and Japanese calligraphy.

Now I am working with 4 new.

With such a knowledge we can decode our new possibilities and use it into nesessities in the most productive way. This is Sustainability in complicated circumstances, the example how sustainable network works.

Hello friends, yesterday 4 big paintings was finished, I had a breath and formed the line of logical story for it. What is the aim of the project? To mirror the significant event of human history we have now as the main function of art. Also I care about new function to use all art object for educational purposes.

The modern trend is to have proper education which helps us to understand wht`s going on and to make sustainable decisions what to do. When we gain good education we can make forecasts and make aims more clear and more achievable. We can feel our future is in our hands and be prepared to do it in better way, starting from our own life.

Climate Change causing by human influence is one of the side effects of our development. However we still in developing stage. Human race is young. If we use the fine toolof Adizes LifeCycle it is obvious: different countries occupy Infancy, Go-Go and Adolescence positions. This is trajectory still full of challenges and unharmony which we just starting to move to harmony and prosperity. Although Infancy stage seems much more miserable as Adolescense, both had normal, abnormal and pathological problems.

My last year Adizes Corporate Liffecycle project represents the educational purpose of my brunch of art. We all live under the natural law of Lifecycle the same way as we live under the physical law of gravitation. So, having education about how such laws work and how it influence our life we can overcome challenges and make forecasts. Also we can use that knowledge to evaluate what`s happens with others and how it concerns our future.

Just three examples:

  Infancy stage of development

Compare with Go-Go stage

Adolescense :

As our civilization create so mighty potential in technology, this is side effects as challenges of each point of the LifeCycle. People who vote for primitive life are trying to turn LifeCycle back which is impossible. No way to do it. So it needs to check positions our civilization have normal problems of development, check abnormal and pathological problems such as anthropogeny influence to climate and make transition to the next stage of development.

Human race is challenging to move to Prime and Stable stages of Lifecycle.

Millenium development goals by United Nations, and Sustainable Development Goals for post-2015 year is the plan to move. Every position of the plan represents how to resolve abnormal and pathological problems of each stage and conditions to make transition to Prime and Stable.

Just have a glance to Prime

and Stable

The differencies is obvious.

Even the character I created represents one of the MDG - needs to empower weman and gender equality.

I mean, although I did the Corporate LifeCycle project much earlier then Climate Change project both of them are related.

LifeCycle is the best forecast for our orientation. We can explore information about Sustainable Development as our transport to gain next stages, Prime and Stable. We can feel by own experience how it is vital for living beings to growth from developing stages to full blossom. How natural it is tomake so transition. How natural our problems is.

How it is vital to check abnormal and pathological problems such as Climate Change caused by carbon economy.

So, having related projects, I am forming new line of art objects (paintings) for educational purposes.

You can explore what does it means by Infancy stage of development here annamain.org/site/comments/the_third_point_of_the_adizess_corporation_lifecycle_the_infancy/

About Go-Go stage here annamain.org/site/comments/corporation_lifecycle_by_dr.ichak_adizes_go-go_stage/

About Adolescense here annamain.org/site/comments/corporation_lifecycle_by_dr.ichak_adizes_adolescence_stage/

 Prime annamain.org/site/comments/adizes_corporation_lifecycle_prime_point1/

and Stable annamain.org/site/comments/artproject_adizes_corporate_lifecycle_stable_point_has_finished/

Sustainability means balanced chain of changes based on scientific planing with really good management. That way many things which normally thought to be impossible became possible and more, possible with minimum charges and zero waste. Sustainable development means effective and efficient actions in short and long run. All of this are applied into my project work.

Let me to start with an example about our feelings, expectations and the result we have from all of it. When you see a ready product, a movie for example, you can feel different emotions about. It depends of many factors, sometimes a movie is good but one of the actors doesn`t feet your expectations. Sometimes a movie is not exciting but the music is. Sometimes everything good but you have a headache so can`t evaluate what`s happens. Many reasons could influent our feelings just because feelings, emotions are produced by one of the most ancient part of our brain.

Is it a kind of sustainable evaluation? Some doubts about it. This is just an opinion based on a moment.

How we could evaluate something in sustainable way?

When we have access to information how something was designed, how it grown, changes step by step, ideas to implement, we became educated in many different ways. We became enriched just being an observer. So we could make another, better product started from the example. Or we could gain new insights for ourselves. Anyway, the hidden information how things growth, designed, developed, what`s the basic meanings, what and why - such information is voluable by itself and more, it could create another changes making new values.

Following the example about a movie, some matherials about how it was shoot, interviews with actors, director, screenwriter; access to the raw matherials, especially CGI - this is the most amazing story. Sometimes much more voluable then the movie.

That`s why I make MindMaps, shoot the process and in future wil publish descriptions for all painting I do. Because the art object itself is the result, a product which has different functions. One of them is education and possibility to start chain of changes for the sake of observers. So, this is several pictures how the process is going on right now.

For the painting with work name "Climate Change: Tornado and Storms" I needed some preparations. Although in the final image it will not be the same, I tryed several sketches right in the project book.

When you are doing a project which needs a creative approach, you should use your intuition to help you make better decisions. Intuition is the network of more then 100 billions neurones (obviously more then 4 billions we normally use). You can`t manage such mighty computer by common methods but you can manage it by soft steady nudge. Sketching is one of the most powerful tool for it useful in many fields, from business to self-development. That`s why it is good to have a project book with good size (this is up to your feelings, I have different for different project work).

It is important also to make yourself free of rules while you are working with it.

After you finish sketching it should be a kind of self-check: are you internal neuronetwork needs more time or it is ready. If you are a novice in such work you may need time, from an hour to several days, to continue.

If you are trained, especially with switching styles of brain activities, you can start immideately. (My ambidexterity en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ambidexterity  helps me to do it quickly, just change the hand and move forward).

The point is to make all boring preparations in advance. On the picture below you can see the ready place with prepared colors in nesessary concentrations, ready to work.

One of the most important things about sustainable work is the Rule of the Middle Stages. Ok, this is my own name for the process when you started and make about 30% of work and found yourself deeply disappointed and confused.

This is NORMAL stage of any development. Don`t feel worry about it, it is naturally unbalanced stage and noone could avoid it.

Why? Because of the matter of development.

When a project is on planing stage it could seems ready, but it is still on paper. This is an ideal world. If you are a good project manager, at that stage you can see the future of your idea, brilliant and shining.

Such feelings are stable for a while, the same way as honey-moon effect. Enjoy it.

Be sure it will finish. This is my Buddhist`s note as well as it is the truth.

Why such honey-moon will finish?

Because it is not a honey-year or honey-centure. Such things doesn`t really exists although we all desire it. We even have a biological stopper which turns out hormones of happiness until you became exhausted by it.

So, when a honey-moon finish, you should be prepared for changes. Otherwise disappointment could severly affect you and so make things more difficult. Obvoulsly noone want it. This is not sustainaable also.

So, what should we do with such forecast?

Accept it.

At the middle stage you could lost some parts of you vision. The reality are not completed, all is in disorder, chaotic, ans doesn`t fits to your bright vision.

For example, when I was a writer, when I did my PhD and other researchs, when I was doing my business, studied kung fu and massage, also in others activities includes art work, when the project-honey-moon had finished it was a strong feeling of unharmony and partly lost of the vision. At 30% ready stage all projects seems strange, believe me.

As it is the normal stage of work, let it be.  Just see that picture. Chaos, OMG!

Now you are awared and so, I hope, protected from disappointment and ready to continue sustainable work.

That moment it is important to make a pause. Until you make a mistake trying to return your vision.

Several recommndations for it: Get hands out of work. Get yourself out of directing the process for a while.

Let the situation be. Have a walk.

In my case, typically I have no so luxury as walking because of the time pressure. So I have several another projects, or parts of the same project, to work with.

For example, in Climate Change project different parts is different paintins, so it is easy to separate different stages. If you think I have a project-life-long honey-moon you are not so far from the reality. That`s why I so love project work and typically work with different projects simuptaneously. Not a honey-moon at all but much more sustainable and productive. I can`t advice you to do the same because it is a kind of hard life not everyone like. But partly it is useful because

the base principles of sustainable growth is the same: check the position of your work on LifeCycle and make steps according to the scientific forecast.

That way you will be effective and efficient in short and long run which means sustainable growth.

I hope that part of the story will be useful for you.

 I am going to continue with the biggest painting while "Tornado" is in the dock, far away from my eyes.

Thank you for being with me! Night hugs for all who read the post to the end!

That`s why I am working so hard: this is a significant moment in whole human history I am mirroring, and all of my endeavours is for future.

"We have to keep our focus on 2014 as the year when most of the work needs to be done…"

As education is one of the pillars of sustainable development I have it in mind during all of my project work. Public attention to the chain of changes which grow human beings into today sage of development, this is important to keep it in mind. Development costs. We all pay for it, our anchestors did it, and for better future we should think in smart way to understand how to pay less and how to avoid waste of vital resourses. Noone from our anchestors thinked that way. We are pioneers who must do it, because we can do it.

One more quot:

"The United Nations is casting a wide net to find dozens of people from around the world who feel passionately about the impact of climate change, have translated that passion into action and would like to attend next month’s Climate Summit at the UN." from www.un.org/climatechange/summit/

Let`s move forward, no time to have a rest.

I’ve finished the 1st stage (contours) for next two painting with work names "Drought" and "Tornado". It is a lot of challenges here, especially because I am trying to film everything. Sometimes it is a strange feeling.

In my nearest past I just had felt the impuls and then painted whatever I wanted, without any worry about time or position, or details. Everything came in natural way so it was a kind of relaxation being in strong stream of ideas which penetrated from ethernity having me as a gate and an editor. It was pure meditation.

Last year, during my "Corporate LifeCycle" project in collaboration with Dr.I.Adizes en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adizes I decided to make documentary film about the painting process, then to use it as a part of educational film about LifeCycle changes. Because education is so important so it comes number one among my aims.

I made the decision to change my art process right at the moment I painted "Prime" position on the LifeCycle (you can see all paintings and stories in my 2013 Gallery annamain.org/site/art_galery_2013/ ). As it was significant and fited with the Prime meaning, I felt my duty to implement it.

It was the border between my natural life when I used just one photo camera, to my today acts with 3 camcorders, GoPro, 2 photo cameras and old good iPhone in addition.

Today I have many things to handle and they are bothering me every moment. For me this is the best trening of Integration, the main function of management in our time of changes. I have to integrate in one result so many things so I feel myself advanced after each task completed. Then new challenges appears. The same as in our life, isn`t it?

Look!

It is impossible to place the chief camera in one position to catch everything. Because the canvas is big and sometimes I can be in the footage while I avoid it. Only my hands should be filmed. But from one direction, being in static position, camera can`t shoot the exect process of painting - lines. brush… only the whole common view which is not interesting sometimes. First I desided to shoot it by 2 cameras. So I jumped between two tripods trying not to fall all of this to the wet painting, trying to care what part of my body now in the frame, and also chengin the position and angle of the second camera. What a hell!

Several week ago I bought GoPro Hero 3. It helps me a lot with underwater and seashore filming. I guessed it will be the easy solution for painting too. I tryed to use head band mounting for GoPro. It was unconvenient for several reasons. First of all, I never be sure about the place GoPro focused. If something goes wrong it is impossible to repeat the process of painting.

I realized, GoPro needs a laser aim.

You know, time is the treasure, and not it costs much more then usual.

No laser aims in nearest shops, also in anothers. I remembered two laser pointers I`d bought to point Milky Way and constellations projection on my ceiling. It was about 3 years ago, although it should be somewhere in my home I failed to found it.

Then I tryed to buy another one but the trick was it can`t work permanently to make the laser spot on my canvas all the time I paint.

 So it needs to press the button of GoPro, continuously press the button of laser pointer, check the camera`s position, move the camera, try to keep my head steady to focuse to the place I am painting, then to have additional 3 hands for changes of brushes and other painting stuff. So, as I counted, it needs at least 8 hands.

Obviously I have 2 hands only (plus my teeth to carry something useful like another brush)!

I hope it didn`t mirror in the footage otherwise it will be the Guinness record of weird pictures.

So I dropped the idea to use laser until my supplier found me a laser aim or a pointer with permanent light.

Nice! So what should I do as I want to shoot everything?

I have another solution for it: arm mounting for GoPro.

It is amazing although the size is for men so it is large and can`t be tight on my hand. Ok, I can manage it having the hand with fist as you see on the picture. You can imagine how relaxible I feel myself. Just as an irony, more relaxible in compare with previous methods.

So my work consist of several actions; most of which I am doing simultaneously:

1- to catch the idea what to paint

2-to concentrate

3- to put the chief camera on the tripod in right position

4- try not bang or drop it down (in such case I have to use another one)

5- put brushes, cloth for brushes, water, colors in nearest place

6- open colors I will use in next 10 min

7- don`t forget to close colors I don`t use because everything become dry or change concentration

8- put GoPro on my left hand

9- Don`t forget to keep the left hand steady while the right is working

10- If you are still reading the list, it should be the story how to keep additional brush in the teeth and don`t kick the ready to use liquid colors. I wasn`t careful yesterday so my colors was spilt right to my working place, then I was trying to wash several parts of my body and clothes.

In addition I have to paint.

OMG, OMG!

As you remember, in my technigue it is impossible to make corrections. If I do something in contours unperfect it will be like that. No way to change, just to get out the canvas and start new one which is terrible from my point of view.

So during my acrobatics I need to keep my imagination in discipline, make the contours clear and don`t swear in cases I do something wrong.

I am really curious what will be the result of such crazy shooting!

Ok now I should let the two painting dry so go to bed. Tomorrow it will be easy work with the 2nd stage of coloring, easy in compare with today.

Have a nice dreams!

8-)

All news for today, till current moment 3:33 AM when I am falling asleep right on my painting. The biggest painting is growing healthy from 1 stage:

5 minutes ago I`ve finished the 3d stage, the most part of the black contours, hundreds small and smallest black lines covers all over the 110 X 90 cv painting represents the first Kondratieff wave en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kondratieff_wave

The preiod right before the steam engine, when ideas was floating around, forming new vision for genious of invention in Holland and England. We know the moment when the first invention formed the 1st Kondratieff wave. We know the moment it started, but before that moment it was the significant period of search, both scientific and intuitive. Hundreds attempts to develop and polish the result. The process of negotiations, gathering right people to work together, new business style.

The result of that process was the invention which turned our world right the way we inherited now.

So, this is not the exect day but the process.

Why I pay so much attention to processes?

Because we are staying at the beginning of serious changes to balance Climate Change and to harmonize our activities. This is not a single decision. This is a process of many steps from many sides, that`s why it is so important to pay attention how big results became an outcome of many efforts.

Enough for today, as I am near to drop my head on my keyboard. Next day I will work with enothers paintings to let that one be dry for the next stage.

See you!

Today I finished in conturs the biggest painting to Climate Change project. This is significant moment, MDG Momentum: UN launches 500 days of action to build a better world. Just yesterday Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon`s marked 500 Days of Action for the MDGs. I am doing it.

At that moment I have 5-6 paintiings have to be ready to the first week of September and additional 6 the first in the world environment paintings a little bit later. After it I will work with more paintings in different subjects concerns UN Millenium Development Goals, post 2015.  Picture about the UN 500 days of action to build a better world yesterday event:

Read more about 500 days by United Nations here www.un.org/apps/news/story.asp

So this is the start of long activity, I guess so. Back to my work:

As I work in different subjects, not so private as previous, I will show the results after everything will be finished officially.

My hope for today it to do everything in time and have some time for myself, for beautiful project about the place I love, and for films. Now everything is in work mode, smell of white-spirit and benzine everywhere, colors, cameras, brushes, and over it beautiful music by Ramin Djawadi which helps me to keep the rhitm for work.

The biggest painting, 120x90 cm, for Climate Change project, has done in contours. That`s the most complicated part of the job. So I should go to celebrate it. Should I? Let’s move forward.

Now I have to allow canvases to dry from the first conturs so I am going for a walk to keep my mind refreshed, then be back for my Nordic walking with weights which keeps my arms strong, then to work, then to have Yoga trening, then work, then….

See you!

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