Hello, my name is John Dombroski. This introduction is long overdue. I am a student at VCU, studying Kinetic Imaging with a minor in Sculpture. I do not like the Internet, though I am addicted to it. I hope, through this social sculpture, that the interactions we have online may someday lead to actual face-to-face interactions. There’s something terribly cold about this online void.
WHY DO YOU MAKE ART?
I make art because I must. There exists some sort of uncontrollable impulse within me which is unsatisfied unless I am creating something. It’s strange; I am unable to fully understand or explain…
Lately, I’ve been feeling that almost everything I do is, or could be art. Don’t take this the wrong way, I’m unsure how to explain it. Art is why I make art? I feel uncomfortable unless I am creating something which I am passionate about. I make art for many purposes. To satiate, to communicate, to vent, for self-efficacy, to explore the minds of others, and I’m sure there are more specifics. Creation feels so natural…
—-recently. on creation:
my friend has an extra studio space in the sculpture dept that he’s letting me share as my own studio. I’ve spent more time there than in my apartment during the past weeks. (I’m there right now, writing this). i have a place to create. i must create. the alteration of physical objects feels excellent. i want to document some of the things i’ve made in my spare time and share them with you. they’re all shit, but each one is so satisfying. i get the feeling, these days, that nearly everything i do is art.
unfortunately, a chrysalis does not guarantee a butterfly.
