Laying
    
    
 
  
    
  
 
 
 
  
 
 
  
 
 
Decoration as Hard Text
Decoration as Hard Text
The structure of the word de      ation
can be traced back to the Latin
"       ru    " meaning "to        orate ".
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decorus
dec
 
  ..related to the base
  "dek" - "to receive,
  be suitable"
 
   becoming,
    fitting,
    seemly,
    proper,
    suitable
cor
 
  the heart
  according
  to ancients
  the seat of
  wisdom, un-
  derstand-
  ing, emot-
  ion, feeling
  "Nowadays, ....(in contemporary art theory).....,
   decoration is nothing more than a surplus,
   excessive, unnecessary or regressive.
   For Thais, decoration is related to our
   religious aim.
   The function of decoration is to elevate 
   our mind to reach the truth."
             - Sorapote Sewanakunakorn, 2002
                        (Fine Arts, Ubon Ratchathani University)
   Though modern art theory purged
  decoration from "serious art practice",
  the human desire to cause surfaces
  "to receive" markings from our "heart"
  continues to exist.......
   What "wisdom, understanding,
   emotion, feeling" is being given
   to a surface or form when
   there is a human need
   to place that which is "suitable"
   on a surface?
What "wisdom, understanding,
emotion, feeling" is being given   
to a surface or form when   
there is a human need   
to place that which is "suitable"   
on a surface?  
Extended Motif
....the                               

The most significant
way to address "decoration"
may be to question
the type of "heart"
that is being laid
upon a surface. 
                           for... 
"measured" links........      
Extended Motif
...Heart / Field for Emotion.... 
    ........."measured" links 
An Adopted Motif