About MindScapes Graphic Design

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The Company Philosophy (a brief explanation)
About MindScapes Graphic Design Studio

  As you may have read in the opening to this website, MindScapes Graphic Design Studio is a design studio which differs from the rest. It does indeed stem from the inner realms of the subconscious, primarily dealing with images which have a tendency to be beyond reality, reminiscent of dreams.

  This is due to the fact that there are multitudes of design studios in existence on vast levels, but very few which deal in personal niche markets. Furthermore, myriad other designers create extremely static uninteresting motifs with no emotional value whatsoever. This may cause the potential viewers to pass right by, or to disregard the message totally. MindScapes Graphic Design Studio, however, utilizes the concepts of art history; the art psychotherapies, as well as other introspective psychological theories; even some existential philosophical ideas and ideals to convey the message at hand. To convey that message with the aesthetic experience in mind.

       ...Aesthetics, (is) at times referred to as aesthetic psychology, or psychology of the arts. The aesthetic value in art, the aspect concerning that which manifests beauty in itself, or that which surrounds it may be used in emotional healing by supplying a visual or audible experience that provides enjoyment and contentment within the spectator. The emotions an individual has involved with or experiencing a performance or an object of art is what is referred to as the aesthetic experience...*

       ...According to Aristotle, art is the knowledge of the standard, or fundamentals concerning the creation of beautiful and/or useful objects. This premise basically sums up the main aspects of that which is the understanding of art, in that there does exist an aesthetic beauty in the forms, and formations of many different objects.
       Consider how this concept is applicable within the lives of all individuals, even those individuals who are not even consciously aware of the fact that art is fundamental to their very existence, their development, their growth, et cetera. Also, yet another aspect of how art is significant is in the fact that useful objects which during the course of their daily lives people want, and need on a regular basis have to be conceptualized, graphically designed and engineered in order to be produced accurately...*

       ...(Individuals) may use art to communicate to others on a non-verbal level. Within the representation of that which is art is a great deal of symbolism. Quite often there are concepts of understanding which can not be adequately communicated with common language, and words, no matter how erudite they may seem. Within the art is the symbolism of conceptualizations, and understandings which can in many ways be represented and communicated only via the art work. In other words the representation within the art does not merely further communicate the message at hand, it actually facilitates, and enables the message to be communicated adequately.
       Without the art, the premise of the communication may be impossible to be represented at all. There is indeed a universality, or in other words a generality, or totality to the language of art. Art is a language in and of itself that supercedes, and surpasses the limitations of other forms of communication. It can, simultaneously, communicate a variety of ideas as well as exploring these ideas through the artist’s own particular emotional and over all psychological point of view. The artwork is replete with a total embodiment of the artist’s entire learned and psychological make-up, life experience, personal system of values, political and dogmatic ideologies, philosophy, insight, et cetera.
       The conceptual images imprinted within the mind are not always necessarily able to be translated into the semi-allegorical, symbolic descriptors of representative languages such as the spoken, or written, word. Drawing, creating, or painting has the ability, and the capability to represent, symbolize, and portray to a much different, and indeed greater degree, the images that have been contrived by the psychological, cognitive, and perceptual aspects of the brain. That is to say that to represent images accurately, unequivocally, and precisely it is quite a bit more difficult to utilize verbal language alone rather than with art, and the artistic images in conjunction with the verbal language. Visual images, and the representations of visual images portrayed in art are also not restricted to the limitations of verbal language which is structured on a purely linear basis. Images in turn may also be used on a much deeper consideration, contemplation, and analysis...*

       ... images experienced by the viewer may in varying respects facilitate the viewer of the images to perceive, and interpret the images in a varying and different way. The image itself, the art, alters the capability of the individual to comprehend, and understand the image in a different manner. Each individual experiencing the art is effected in a different manner, and indeed, each time the individual experiences the art work the individual is subsequently changed in a varying way...*

       ...Utilizing art as a tool, mechanism, or instrument, in order to try to understand the meaning, or meanings of important personal events, experiences, and occurrences, an individual's emotions for example, especially that of love, is yet another aspect of how art is a fundamental, and important instrument of functioning. A sort of projection of one's self into an illustrative representation. Dreams and fantasies manifested within someone, which is to some degree a different subject matter of discussion and study, may be represented through art, which in turn may be studied on a more in depth level. Without the utilization of art to represent dreams and fantasies, the images and ideas involved may, at times, be too complex to communicate accurately or even adequately. Carl Gustav Jung, after disassociating himself with Sigmund Freud, utilized methods of illustrating his dreams to a great degree in order to interpret and understand his own unconscious thoughts. Jung had a great number of dreams, to which he attemped to apply the theories and techniques of dream interpretation developed by his mentor, Freud. However, these attempts seemed, to Jung, insufficient and not extremely beneficial. He went on to explore further and more in-depth, at which time, he came across, then developed, to a much greater degree, several of his methods for exploring the realms of the unconscious. After applying names such as the 'transcendent function,' the 'picture method,' and 'active fantasy,' he eventually referred to these introspective techniques as 'Active Imagination'. While this is yet another topic of discussion which could be delved into to a much further extent, it is pertinent to this discussion to bring to attention the fact that Jung's methods would not have been explored, at least not to the extent that they were, had he not utilized art to interpret and understand his subconscious thoughts...*

Let your dreams become manifest through the assistance of
MindScapes Graphic Design!

*Taken and used with permission from
"On the subjectmatter of Art and Creativity,
and the benefitial aspects to human development,"
a composition by KJA Stone.