THE SPACE BETWEEN FORMS, ART AND INNER JOURNEY

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WHAT MAKES INDIA A TIMELESS GOAL IN ITS TIME IS ITS VERY RICH CULTURAL HERITAGE, WHICH EMBRACES ALL ARTS.

A COUNTRY THAT COUNTS AS WELL AS 16 LANGUAGES AND MANY ETHNIES AND WHICH IS ENCHANTING FOR ITS STRONG CONTRADICTIONS.

ART IS ONE WITH PHILOSOPHY AND RELIGION.

IT IS A PRACTICAL EXPRESSION OF PHILOSOPHICAL TEACHERS AND ALL INDIAN EVERYDAY LIFE IS INVOLVED BY A SELF-DISCIPLINE THAT FINDS ITS ORIGIN IN RELIGIOUS TEACHINGS.

A FASCINATING WORLD THAT ALLOWS YOU TO SCRUT IN YOURSELF THANKS TO THIS WONDERFUL INTEGRATION BETWEEN ART, RELIGION, PHILOSOPHY AND PRACTICAL LIFE.

PHILOSOPHICAL LIFE AND EVERYDAY LIFE, THEORETICAL THINKING AND PRACTICAL THINKING, MIX BETWEEN THEM, ALLOWING TO CREATE A PERSONALITY IN CONSISTENCY WITH YOUR OWN PRINCIPLES.

CHARAKA IN ADDITION TO A STRONG EXPERIENCE IN THE EDUCATIONAL FIELD, THROUGH HIGH LEVEL COURSES, HAS DECIDED TO ATTEND IN ADDITION TO PAINTING SCHOOLS ALSO A LIFE SCHOOL IN ORDER TO MAKE HIS ART AND EXISTENCE SATISFY.

THUS DECIDES TO UNDERTAKE, BETWEEN ONE SPECIALIZATION AND THE OTHER, ALSO A TRIP TO INDIA, WHICH WILL BECOME A CONSTANT GOAL IN HIS LIFE FOR 15 YEARS.

WE FIND THE FRUITS OF THESE EXPERIENCES IN HIS CANVAS AND IN HIS DESIGN RELATIONSHIPS, WHICH RECALL SOME EASTERN THEMES IN A WESTERN VISION.

CHARAKA SIMONCELLI TALKS A LITTLE ABOUT HIMSELF AND HOW THE ORIENTAL EXPERIENCE HAS CHANGED HIS CREATIVITY.

“MY VISION OF CREATIVITY HAS TOTALLY CHANGED DURING THE EXPERIENCE OF MEDITATION AND RESEARCH IN INDIA THAT HAS BEEN ACCOMPANY ME FOR 25 YEARS.

THE INSIDE JOURNEY HAS LEADED ME TO UNDERSTAND AND EXPERIENCE THAT CREATIVITY DOES NOT MEAN BEING SPECIAL, DIFFERENT.

IT IS SOMETHING VERY SIMPLE THAT IS COMMON IN EVERYONE OF US.

BY PARTICIPATING IN CREATIVITY TRAINING AT INDIAN UNIVERSITY, I DISCOVERED EVERYTHING EVEN MORE DEEPLY.

I REMEMBER THAT DEAR FRIENDS WHEN I DECIDED AND TOLD THEM THAT I WOULD TAKE THE WAY OF THE EAST, THEY CAUGHT ME BECAUSE AND THEY ARE AMAZED BY MY CHOICE, TELLING ME THAT I HAD NOTHING TO LEARN NEW AND THAT, IN THEIR WARNINGS, IT WAS NOT SERIOUS.

BUT THERE WERE DEEP EXPERIENCES OF GREAT REVOLUTION AND EXPANSION TO CREATIVITY,

I HAVE ENCOUNTERED MANY VOICES IN MY MIND, WHICH PASSED UNDER MY CONSCIOUSNESS AND WHICH PREVENTED THE FREEDOM OF EXPRESSION OF CREATIVITY.

MY PATH IS DEEPENED BY ATTENDING THE R.STEINER ACADEMY IN MILAN, WHERE I HAVE LEARNED VARIOUS TECHNIQUES AND FUNDAMENTAL PAINTING NOTIONS FOR A GOOD WORK, ACQUIRING SENSITIVITY, TECHNICAL KNOWLEDGE OF COLOR AND ITS NATURE, COSTS OF THE BEST MANAGERS COMPOSITION, BALANCE AND LAMAGIA OF COLOR.

“… I FEEL SOMETHING IN ME THAT ESCAPED, THE ALARM BELL WAS THAT I DID NOT FEEL JOY, I WAS A CONFLICT BETWEEN MY ENERGY THAT WANTED TO EXPRESS AND THE INABILITY TO RECOGNIZE THE ARTISTIC EXPRESSION IN WHAT I MADE, IN THAT ‘THAT I CREATED.

I HAD THE FEELING OF NOT FEELING INCLUDED IN THE PROJET, THERE WAS SO MUCH ATTENTION TO DOING AND VERY LITTLE TO BEING.

MY DISSATISFACTION IS PLACED IN THE ENCOUNTER WITH MEDITATION IN INDIA, A MEETING THAT LEADS TO PAINTING THE VACUUM, THE SPACES BETWEEN THE FORMS, INVERSE TO WHAT I HAD ALWAYS DONE: SEE AND PAINT THE FULL, THE FORMS, THAT’S THAT MY MIND COULD RECOGNIZE, PICK UP, CONTROL, GIVE THEM A NAME.

THIS IS HOW THE TRUE JOURNEY BEGINS FOR ME, A JOURNEY INTO MYSTERY AND THE MAGIC OF ART AND CREATIVITY.

OVER TIME, I HAVE CARED A LOT OF ME, OF THE SPACE OF THE SOUL AND LITTLE OF PAINTING.

OVER THE YEARS, NATURALLY MY WAY OF PAINTING HAS CHANGED, THERE IS ALWAYS LESS SOMETHING I WANT TO SHOW

WHILE IT IS MORE AND MORE SOMETHING THAT CAN BE OBSERVED.

TODAY I CAN RECOGNIZE THAT MY ARTISTIC PATH MIRRORS AND WALKS TOGETHER AND PARALLEL TO THE INNER JOURNEY WITH MYSELF.

I USE DIFFERENT MEDIUM, I LIKE TO USE AND MIX MULTIPLE ELEMENTS CONSIDERED FROM THE PICTORIAL POINT OF VIEW TO BE INCOMPATIBLE AND THAT, FOR THIS REASON, CREATE MAGICAL AND SUGGESTIVE DEPTHS AND ATMOSPHERES.

AS THEY ARE INCOMPATIBLE, THEY ARE IMPOSSIBLE TO CONTROL, EVERY TIME SOMETHING SUGGESTIVE AND SURPRISING HAPPENS, JUST AS IT HAPPENS IN THE LIFE JOURNEY OF SEARCHING FOR THE SELF.

I ONLY WORK WITH PRIMARY COLORS, EVEN IF THE CHOICE IS MUCH WIDER ON THE MARKET, BECAUSE I LIKE TO MIX THE VARIOUS PIGMENTS UNTIL I FIND MY COLOR MOMENT BY MOMENT.

I CREATE SUPEFICES, BACKGROUNDS, SCENOGRAPHS THAT REPRESENT TIME, THE LIVED, THE MEMORY, THEN I INTERVENE WITH SIGNS, WINDOWS, NATURE, COLORS LEFT WITH IMMEDIATE GESTURE AS TO TELL THE TIME IN ITS TWO DIMENSIONS THAT TRAVEL TOGETHER:

TIME AND NON-TIME.

THE TIME THAT PASSES,

AND NON-TIME, THE DIMENSION OF INTROSPECTION, WHERE NOTHING AGES, REMAINS UNCHANGED, ATEMPORAL.