The Waiting Game!: A Surrealism Painting Exploration on the Relationship Between Delayed Work and Artistic Inspiration

• Main Author: Garcia, Bernadeth Lorraine F.
• Format: text
• Published: Animo Repository 2024
• Subjects: painting; procrastination; productivity; surrealism; time
• Online Access: https://animorepository.dlsu.edu.ph/conf_shsrescon/2024/arts_va/2; https://animorepository.dlsu.edu.ph/context/conf_shsrescon/article/2405/viewcontent/APE_VA_GARCIA___Bernadeth_Lorraine_Garcia.docx.pdf
• Institution: De La Salle University

While delayed work is commonly associated with negative connotations due to its perceived negative effects, this study investigates the complex relationship between prolonged tasks and the onset of artistic inspiration, using surrealism—an influential art movement that emerged in the early twentieth century and sought to channel the unconscious mind's creative potential through dreamlike/fantastical imagery—painting as a contextual framework. This research will navigate the realms of artistic creation, cognitive psychology, and art history by presenting to scholars, specifically art students, that seldom if you delay work, you get more time to think about ideas. Furthermore, the study aims to research the impact of delayed work on artists' productivity—and how they navigate tasks before and after their deadlines. The study will consist of qualitative and quantitative analysis, using a mixed method, through a survey questionnaire with the assistance of Google Forms, comprising two separate forms. For the first form, the number of participants will be asked is thirty to fifty, while the second is the same; Visual Media Artists from De La Salle University-Manila. Through the interview that will be made, the researcher will gain more knowledge about how delayed work impacts an artist’s productivity in making art. Furthermore, the study will contain three acrylic paintings connected with the themes of surrealism and time. The researcher discovered that delaying work does help an artist improve their artwork for a prolonged time. The data might reveal that delayed work will be a double-edged sword, and its effects will differ for every artist.