{"id":63674,"date":"2022-05-31T10:52:31","date_gmt":"2022-05-31T16:52:31","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/artistsofutah.org\/15Bytes\/?p=63674"},"modified":"2022-05-31T12:34:17","modified_gmt":"2022-05-31T18:34:17","slug":"bea-hurds-creative-cleanup-in-aisle-4","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/artistsofutah.org\/15Bytes\/bea-hurds-creative-cleanup-in-aisle-4\/","title":{"rendered":"Bea Hurd&#8217;s Creative Cleanup in Aisle 4"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id='gallery-1' class='gallery galleryid-63674 gallery-columns-3 gallery-size-thumbnail'><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/artistsofutah.org\/15Bytes\/bea-hurds-creative-cleanup-in-aisle-4\/bea_hurd1\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"290\" height=\"290\" src=\"https:\/\/artistsofutah.org\/15Bytes\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/bea_hurd1-290x290.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" 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class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/artistsofutah.org\/15Bytes\/bea-hurds-creative-cleanup-in-aisle-4\/bea_hurd3\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"290\" height=\"290\" src=\"https:\/\/artistsofutah.org\/15Bytes\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/bea_hurd3-290x290.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/artistsofutah.org\/15Bytes\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/bea_hurd3-290x290.jpg 290w, https:\/\/artistsofutah.org\/15Bytes\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/bea_hurd3-120x120.jpg 120w, https:\/\/artistsofutah.org\/15Bytes\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/bea_hurd3-360x360.jpg 360w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 290px) 100vw, 290px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt><\/dl><br style=\"clear: both\" \/>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n<h4>There are three levels at work in Bea Hurd\u2019s <em>It Was Their Third Cup of Coffee<\/em>. At the bottom is physiology: the human body and the human brain, each in competition for the same resources. It\u2019s well known that while the brain makes up only 2% of body weight, it uses 20-25% of the body\u2019s oxygen and glucose \u2014 in short, energy \u2014 even at rest.<\/h4>\n<h4>The next level is vocational. Few artists are able to support themselves through their art. Many have day jobs, which are notorious for requiring shifts and schedules that make it hard to find time for healthy meals, or meals at all. One common result is a nutritionally demanding job done on a diet of sugar drinks and snacks.<\/h4>\n<h4>The third level is creative. Artists with part-time jobs have to find the time, between working and sleeping, to make art. Just how much energy that takes remains unknown. A part-time artist with a part-time job has at least two competing energy demands. It\u2019s known that the brains of children, while they are growing up, can use 60% of the body\u2019s energy resources, but no one (no surprise) has done the research to find out how much in resources creativity costs.<\/h4>\n<h4>During a recent spell as a visiting artist at the Bountiful Davis Art Center, Bea Hurd took advantage of the studio space provided by the center to accumulate artifacts of these three layers, and of what she terms &#8220;the push and pull of creativity maintenance under the demands of consumerism, materialism, and capitalism.&#8221; We need to note that this is not the subject of any sort of tract, screed, or study. She has arranged the evidence into an engaging, creative display that, like any work of visual art, is meant to be apprehended by the eyes alone. Given a few hints to start with, primarily a poem scrawled on the wall and the customary brief artist\u2019s statement, the rest is pure aesthetics.<\/h4>\n<h4>It is a fine leather.<br \/>\nTheir Hands, that is.<\/h4>\n<h4>They own bags of drooping skin<br \/>\nStored under eyes.<br \/>\nAnd read clock hands like gospel.<br \/>\nIt\u2019s their third cup of coffee, that, to the Left of them.<\/h4>\n<h4>Gaping pores are made evident under fluorescence;<br \/>\nLake caverns, they allow for the collection of dust, sweat, and perseverance.<\/h4>\n<h4>It was hope that kept a return.<br \/>\nIt was this hope that allowed exhaustion to rest snuggly on their forehead.<\/h4>\n<h4>They tell themselves it\u2019s okay. Reasonable, even.<br \/>\nBut thoughts become muffled behind knees that Jitter like Ratchets.<br \/>\nThey leave their faith to the insoles under feet<br \/>\nAnd put their strength to the Bottom of drinking cans.<\/h4>\n<h4>It take 3 minutes to heat up dinner.<br \/>\n7 minutes to eat.<br \/>\n20 minutes spent in silence along side the faithful.<\/h4>\n<h4>Refuge is the office candy Bowl.<br \/>\nNot in taste, But in Copious allowance.<\/h4>\n<h4>Office Candy Bowl goes to thighs, hips, folds of the back.<br \/>\nThis is taking up space, always allowing for more.<\/h4>\n<h4>This is Victory They can not taint.<\/h4>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><em>Bea Hurd: It Was Their Third Cup of Coffee<\/em>, <a href=\"http:\/\/bdac.org\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Bountiful Davis Art Center<\/a>, Bountiful, through July 16.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>There are three levels at work in Bea Hurd\u2019s It Was Their Third Cup of Coffee. 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