Over the last few days I've been delving into the life and work of Woody Allen. I have been a fan of Allen's work for some time and seen as though I'm trying to pin down everything that inspires me it would be impossible not to include Woody Allen.
I have realised by watching his films and pinning down the things I like about them that the things I like generally seem to contradict each other a lot and especially in the case of Allen's work and some of the things that I have been talking about in my previous entry's. One one hand I love the nature-filled imagery of Nick Drake and Paul McCartney and the very British paintings of Alfred Wallis but on the other hand I love the idea of bright lights and middle classes of New York shown in the films of Woody Allen.
At first I thought that this might be a problem, I mean I'm talking about Zen Buddhism one minute and then admiring Allen's existential despair the next but I don't think there is any point in hiding this contradiction and confusion instead I think it's better to embrace it and try and incorporate it into my work somehow.
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