{"product_id":"a-mind-at-work","title":"A Mind at Work","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eAcrylic on canvas.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e36x36x875\"\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA Mind at Work\r\u003cbr\u003e\r\u003cbr\u003eI painted this piece to capture what it feels like when the outside world becomes quiet but the mind refuses to follow.\r\u003cbr\u003eHer eyes are closed. She appears calm, almost meditative, but behind that stillness is an explosion of thoughts—ideas, questions, memories, fragments, symbols, problems, possibilities. Some connect. Some go nowhere. Some probably shouldn't be there at all. That is how my mind works.\r\u003cbr\u003e\r\u003cbr\u003eThe blue surrounding her head became the space where all of that activity could live. I filled it with marks, spirals, equations, dots, lines, and symbols without requiring them to make literal sense. They represent the constant movement of a creative mind—the strange journey from one thought to another and another until, somehow, an idea emerges.\r\u003cbr\u003e\r\u003cbr\u003eAs an artist, dancer, choreographer, teacher, writer, and designer, I have spent most of my life creating. I've learned that creativity isn't always peaceful or organized. Sometimes it's messy. Sometimes it's obsessive. Sometimes your brain simply won't shut up.\r\u003cbr\u003e\r\u003cbr\u003eThe closed eyes are important to me. While everything around her is moving, she is still. There is an entire universe happening inside her that no one else can see.\r\u003cbr\u003e\r\u003cbr\u003eThat's really what this painting is about.\r\u003cbr\u003e\r\u003cbr\u003eThe body may be resting, but the mind is still at work.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Geoffrey Doig-Marx","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50313518514279,"sku":null,"price":865.0,"currency_code":"CAD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0063\/3038\/4487\/files\/1_1790106901_85238.jpg?v=1790174843","url":"https:\/\/helloart.com\/products\/a-mind-at-work","provider":"helloart","version":"1.0","type":"link"}