From INSIDE LOOKING OUT by Mark Hollis to A Scene in LEAP YEAR, Silences

   

Talking about Music again, and a film! Discovering Ireland, I had no idea that it was so beautiful!

A Question for Mark Hollis, because My Father Burnt The Bridges

    

Mark Hollis, The CHAMELEON: The Changes, Characters, Mood Swings & The L...

           

Sometimes, the look reflects perfectly the inner aspect,

Mark Hollis, Talk Talk, FOR WHAT IT'S WORTH, I Love To Hear You Sing...

   

For what it's worth, I love to hear you sing, so sing with me...

MARK HOLLIS Talk Talk, 1st Albums versus The Last Ones, The Black Wax, S...

 



I never miss an occasion to give my opinion about something,

maybe can you give yours?

Mark Hollis - Tim Friese-Greene, Who Did What? John Clarkson Interview 0...

   

Who did what? 

If you have any verified answer, please, feel free to comment.

The Mark Hollis' MINIMALISM in Music & The Marie Kondo's Book, A Life-Ch...

   

Minimalism in Art as in Life is becoming essential, I think.

Let's just have a thought for Nice, France, for these poor people.

 I am still in shock.

MARK HOLLIS, Love For Music Is Not Love For The Industry, TALK TALK

    

The Saturday night ranting... :-)
Art by James Marsh in this video

The Happy Accidents In Art & Music, Mark Hollis, Tim Friese-Greene & Tal...

    

Don't sweat it, embrace it, or how to make the Art creation easier...

Mark Hollis' LAST INTERVIEW Visual & Organic Music, Rob Young, Talk Talk

  

A video related to the Spirit of Talk Talk book, a new parallel between music and my art, a lot of excitement! :-)

It seems more and more obvious to me that there is a very close link between fine Art and Music. The Talk Talk Music is probably the most visual one I worked on. Wish I had the time to do more and quicker... 

Another thing to work on: taking the time to enjoy life without feeling guilty.

MARK HOLLIS: Lessons In Music, TRADUCTION Francaise, French Translation

For those who didn't understand what was said here, you will find my French Translation + explanation in this video.

Vous n'aviez rien compris parce que vous ne parlez pas Anglais?

Vous trouverez ici ma traduction Francaise + quelques explications.

MARK HOLLIS Texture, Freedom, Spontaneity, Attitude, Perfectionism

It may look simple, it is not. 

In Music as in Painting, even by using all these ingredients, you still need to have some talent to achieve such a result.

Every time I think I understood the recipe and how the magic works, I discover something new which let me in awe...

I suppose that is what we call the genius? And the talent?

Mark Hollis Talk Talk In Phill Brown's Book, Ranting About The Record Co...

Rock is not dead and fun is everywhere, but what is not fun, it's a record company! Actually, this one, I am talking about, is becoming the Laughing Stock in my video. 

Yes, we are still rolling, but unfortunately, only at home, now....

Violin on Mark Hollis or Talk Talk MUSIC, Morally Correct? Ramblings...

I think that I just wanted to honor the Music and the people that I love.

Music is meant to be played, and as of genius it can be, it is not supposed to remain locked under glass like a master piece in a famous museum and being forgotten there...

I wanted to see or rather hear how it would resonate live on my boulevard in Los Angeles, even though it is not a Los Angeles Music.

But when we know how much work and thoughts Mark Hollis and Tim Friese-Greene did put on the Laughing Stock album, we can start wondering if adding a violin or any other instrument on the top of that is such a good idea and morally correct...?

I was rambling yesterday night, and today, it was my violinist David Strother who started rambling by email as well.

What are we supposed to do?

Still now, we don't know, I am not even sure that something of Talk Talk or Mark Hollis will be played tomorrow. I want to be correct, but it makes me feel very sad too... 

I just wanted to know how it was like to hear this music for real.

Mark Hollis The AFTER THE FLOOD HYPNOTIZING Effect Talk Talk Laughing Stock

Am I the only one to be hypnotized by a song? 

But it is not any song, I suggest that you sit by listening to it, it is more safe :-)

I apologize for the wrong pronunciation of "hypnotized" on my video, I was probably so mesmerized that I didn't remember how to speak English! :-)

It is not easy to talk about things like that, because I take the risk to be considered as crazy or totally eccentric (which is actually the case, it seems, according to many people). But I thought, if at least one person has the same feeling that I have here, maybe this won't be so stupid.

There are so many things that we ignore about human nature. After all, Mark Hollis studied psychology at the University, and even if he finally worked in Music, it doesn't mean that he didn't have the time to learn how to hypnotize people with sounds... Or maybe he has this talent without even knowing it?

I am trying here to seize the imperceptible. Isn't it what Art is about? Isn't it what Paul Klee was trying to do on his paintings? I am trying to explain on images here what I can hear and see, and feel in Mark Hollis and Talk Talk Musics, but I have difficulties to find the words, because maybe the words don't even exist for that...

MARK HOLLIS Richard Skinner INTERVIEW Techniques

Feelings and Techniques, what comes first? This is the subject of this video. 

A simple conversation with an Art teacher in Berkeley University made me think of the many (but not enough) Mark Hollis interviews I saw or listened to so far, and I suddenly realized from where was coming the impact of Mark Hollis and Talk Talk Musics on me and my inspiration.

These lessons we are learning here are not only valid for Music or Fine Art, but for all kinds of creations or practices. 

It seems that as Mark Hollis, I built this video like a mosaic of thoughts. At a point, I had to stop otherwise it would have lasted hours and hours. This is a subject I could talk about during a very long time, so fascinating I find it.

I hope you will enjoy it too.

A New Beginning, a Mark Hollis Discovery

Since three months, I've been like struck by a Mark Hollis-Talk Talk disease. It started with a weird dream where I was arguing with an unknown guy who wanted to change the bass line of the It's My Life track. We were in a recording studio, and I was telling him, or rather yelling at him that he couldn't change this line, that it was going to ruin the whole song, that it was a shame to do so, and I started singing this bass line to him, as if I was a bass player myself, which is certainly not the case! In my dream, it was overwhelming enough to awake me in the middle of the night. And the first thing I did, once up, was to check on YouTube if the bass line I was singing was right, and if it was still there! Of course it was still there, I didn't have all my mind obviously! :-)

This dream was disturbing enough to make me think of it during at least one week until I decided to pay a visit to the Such A Shame clip video that I already knew. This clip always made me laugh but strangely, I had the feeling that I would find a secret answer by watching it. In fact, I didn't find any answer, but it created thousands of new questions.

It also made me paint again.

I had stopped painting during nine years. Because of an unfortunate turn in my love life, I found myself unable to paint again: you know, the blank page, no imagination at all, nothing was interesting enough to inspire me. I really thought that my inspiration was coming from my happiness, and also maybe from my ex-partner, but since he was not there anymore: the total blank. At the worst peak of this drama, I couldn't even remember how to hold a brush! It could almost be ridiculous and funny if I was not so sad not to paint again...

And then, that day, when I was in front of this clip video, watching it again and again, as I always did before, but not by the same way this time, I was laughing, because Mark Hollis is very funny in it. But also, it was like if someone had hit my head; it was the magic awakening from a very long and sad sleep. 

Suddenly, I had to listen to Talk Talk again, all the time, something that I forbid myself during nine years before, because of the souvenirs attached to this Music; I was listening to the It's My Life Album when I met my ex-husband.

But I was also very interested in Mark Hollis personality, especially when I discovered that he stopped his tours mostly because he wanted to be there for his kids. That was very touching! I put my career on hold myself when I was younger to take care of my kids, but I certainly didn't have the fame and the success he had, such a courageous decision from him! It made me see him differently, actually, I didn't know much about him before, I only knew his Music and even not all of it. And suddenly, it was like if a dream and a clip video were telling me: "look at this man, he is interesting, he is a genius, you will learn a lot from him, and he is the perfect subject for your paintings". 

More I was reading about him, or listening to him in interviews, more I was sure that I had missed something huge all these years. And when I started listening to Spirit of Eden, Laughing Stock and the Mark Hollis Album, I couldn't believe what I was discovering! Who could have known that the man who was singing Mirror Man could evolve into these last three albums? And still, it is him from the very beginning to the end: talent, genius, sensibility, depth, sincerity, cleverness, kindness and a great sense of humor, even if at the end, it is becoming more sad.

What happened to me? I have no f... idea...

One thing is sure, is that I am painting again.

It started with a very easy acrylic on wood piece showing Mark Hollis in an Italian TV show where he doesn't give much and is hiding behind his sunglasses:

Then, I could respond to a commissioned work which had nothing to do with Talk Talk or Mark Hollis, but the Laughing Stock Album inspired me to do this Venice Beach piece:

And three days ago, I finally tackled a major painting, which is for me a big jump in my subconscious somehow. It is this time a true Mark Hollis portrait which will be done with oil paints on canvas. So far, I just did the charcoal draft which defines all. I spent one whole afternoon doing it, so much I wanted it to be perfect, to be exactly what I was seeing. I suffered because portraying is the most difficult task for me, even if I already did many portraits of other people. It is one thing to paint what I see, and another thing to try to show the soul of the portrayed person. Here, I had the feeling that if I was making this painting, I was going to dive in something very serious and important to me. 

I am in the middle of this task, I feel confused and exhilarated in the same time, I can't explain that... It reminds me the funny clip video, and in the same time it immerses me in something very deep.

Maybe one day, after a long quest, I will find my answers, and I will know why all this?

And also, it made me start something completely new to me: YouTube videos where I am showing myself.

I am certainly not a film maker, and I have a lot to learn. But suddenly, it was like if the conversation I would dream to have with him, was starting on my YouTube channel and with the whole World. In fact, some people are contacting me to talk about it, about the Music, about Mark Hollis, about Talk Talk, about inspiration and the creative process. 

The power of Music is really unbelievable!

I always could paint only on Music, and here I am again, painting on Mark Hollis and/or Talk Talk. If I had been told that four months ago, I wouldn't have believed it!

You will find my last video here:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zXdLkhlCxlI

Once on YouTube, you can browse on my channel to find all the videos I posted so far about Mark Hollis or Talk Talk, if it does interest you.

I plan to do more about Arts and Crafts, but my Mark Hollis/Talk Talk quest will continue, so much creativity is involved, so much beauty is in their Music, it's like if I was listening to something very familiar and sacred, and I was translating it on my canvas. 

Yes, Mrs Humble it's me... :-)

By a more simple way I will say, thank you Mr Mark David Hollis and thank you Talk Talk to give me so much and to have saved me from my long lethargy.

Another reason to be grateful.