We are creatures vulnerable to the erotic call, a call which can lure us into destruction. How can one both hear that alluring song and maintain some control over our direction? Song of the Siren is a short film suggesting there is something powerful that drives sexual desire, that can be tapped without the danger of crashing on the rocks. This trailer hints at the greater drama. The word "lethe" in classic Greek means oblivion, forgetfulness or concealment. Here it's borrowed from Charles Baudelaire's poetry, where he talks about lethe as a kind of intoxicant that the woman exudes that makes a man fall into forgetfulness. The full short film Song of the Siren is here: https://youtu.be/2LvlzC1C6RU Produced during the COVID sequestration, this small-budget film enlarges the possibilities of enriching the inner life. TimHolmesStudio.com Subscribe to secret insights into Tim's art: www.patreon.com/timholmes #artfilm #lifedrawing #obsession #inspiration

Mirabai's Mountain depicts the prayer of a 16th century Indian woman mystic who is said to have wondered naked through the countryside seeking her god. This short comes from the Body Psalms film series by Tim Holmes, a celebration of the sanctity of the body through performance rituals and video sculptures involving dancers and diverse ordinary people unfolding passages of mystical texts painted on their skin to create moving sculptural poetry. The series focuses on the value of the flesh in an increasingly production-oriented world. Throughout the global spread of a capitalist culture increasingly governed by the ethics of pornography– where nothing is too sacred to be exploited by amoral commercial forces– the body becomes the preferred currency. This film is a reminder that humans have not conquered nature but carry it within our own sacred bodies. This art film is envisioned to invite dialog between separate value systems- personal, economic and religious- that each one of us engages in our own way, but that are rarely addressed together. For the full 7-minute film, visit: https://youtu.be/kYgSSme93Sw www.TimHolmesStudio.com Subscribe to secret insights into Tim Holmes Studio art: www.patreon.com/timholmes

Tim Holmes narrates a short tour of the most complex figurative sculpture of his career. This tells the story of the social angst of 2020 and the possibilities he feels for the transformation of human culture, told in a 4-foot sculpture with 22 human figures. "From the fear of sweeping changes to the bold declaration of a new way of living on the earth, we have the capacity to seize the future like never before." Step up! Subscribe to secret insights into Tim's art: www.patreon.com/timholmes

Tim Holmes gives a snappy tour of the best art studio he's seen, his amazing historic 1890 building in Montana. Holmes is the first American artist to exhibit in the largest art museum, the Hermitage in Russia. To subscribe to secret insights into Tim's art, see: www.patreon.com/timholmes #Shareyourstudio #poignantart #spiritualart #soulfulart #patreonartist #art #artist For more info: www.TimHolmesStudio.com

Sculptor Tim Holmes encountered his Anima one dramatic day in an instant that changed his life and has affected his artwork ever since. Here is the story of his discovery, unveiled as a public museum intallation in the Holter Museum of Art, Helena, Montana. A bit of contexting from the artist: this exhibition opened in early 1996, at a volatile time in politics, when the Montana legislature was considering two conservative bills that would make most all the art I do illegal. An obscenity bill and an indecency bill had been introduced that would in essence expand those prohibitions to include not just behavior, but images as well. So if an artwork offended someone, they could have the artist arrested. Fortunately the bills didn't pass (though the by a slim margin). This exhibit opened during the debate on those bills in Montana's capital, just a few blocks away. If those laws had passed I have little doubt I would have been arrested." Tim Holmes works there in a huge renovated 19th century studio built as a "home for wayward women" in 1890. Take a tour at: https://youtu.be/OBFMR1xkXrs To subscribe to secret insights into Tim's work, see: www.patreon.com/timholmes #TimHolmes #poignantart #spiritualart #soulfulart #DeepArt #art #artist #artcensorship

Two thousand years ago, more valuable than even gold was iron, the metal of war. Even the smelting of it was a tightly controlled state secret. It is not unthinkable then to suppose that nobody got free iron nails. Not even the ones used to nail your son to the cross. Once the execution was over and the body buried, no doubt the family of the victim was charged with returning the nails to the ruling power. It is a sad commentary on human history that through the ages the values of power and violence appear more important than those of beauty and love. Here it takes all of what Mary is to stand up to inhuman brutality. The nails identify those who choose power over love. But history proves that love prevails in the end. Returning the nails becomes a symbol for a person's refusal to abandon their moral dignity in the face of overwhelming power. https://www.returningthenails.net/ Two bronze versions of the sculpture exist: Returning the Nails: Endurance (21") $6500, and Returning the Nails: Conviction, (14") $4200. To subscribe to secret insights into Tim's work, see: www.patreon.com/timholmes TimHolmesStudio.com

Horizontal v.s. Vertical Values; The screen that separates us from our own body experience; Witchburning is still with us as we struggle against the dark feminine power that cannot be controlled. The Erotic Crisis explores the threats to the survival of the body in a blind race toward progress, by Tim Holmes. More at: goo.gl/UpoHhN To subscribe to weekly insights into Tim's work, see: www.patreon.com/timholmes #timholmesstudio #timholmes #patreon #patreonartist #art #artist

Re-evaluating the flesh in a capitalist world. Ours is a Culture of Distraction, where our body lives are lived crammed between two opposing value systems: the Puritan and the Pornographic. Is it any wonder we are hurt and confused? TimHolmesStudio.com To subscribe to weekly insights into Tim's work, see: www.patreon.com/timholmes #timholmesstudio #timholmes #patreon #patreonartist #art #artist

Re-evaluation of the flesh in a capitalist world, by Tim Holmes. Ours is a Culture of Distraction, where our body lives are lived crammed between two opposing value systems: the Puritan and the Pornographic. Is it any wonder we are hurt and confused? Here we explore possibilities for a healthy future. To subscribe to weekly insights into Tim's work, see: www.patreon.com/timholmes #timholmesstudio #timholmes #patreon #patreonartist #art #artist

The Erotic Crisis is the devaluation of the flesh in our "Culture of Distraction", where the (masculine) mechanical values dominate (feminine) body values of quality of life. What does this mean for the futures of those of us who have a human body? This is one of a series of lectures by artist Tim Holmes. More at: Tim HolmesStudio.com

In Expressive Figure Drawing, sculptor Tim Holmes demonstrates how drawing the figure is like swordplay. It's the best exercise for artists (and anyone who wants to understand humanity). If you can draw people––and you will––you can draw anything. If you're interested in the series of 7 lectures and want the handouts, please let us know. To subscribe to weekly insights into Tim's work: www.patreon.com/timholmes More at: TimHolmesStudio.com

The key to drawing something so complex and flexible as the human body is Finding the Core. In this class we map the architecture of the body like a schooner is built, from the inside out, but with three simple forms. If you can draw people––and you will––you can draw anything! If you're interested in the series of 7 lectures and want the handouts (for a few bucks if you can afford it) please let us know. To subscribe to weekly insights into Tim's work: www.patreon.com/timholmes More at: TimHolmesStudio.com