The single “Crown of Creation” included in John Van Hamersveld’s album entitled Jefferson’s Airplane was completed in the summer of 1968. Earlier on he was at the RCA Studio up on Sunset, listening while stoned to the recording session of Paul Kantner and David Crosby at 4AM in the morning. That afternoon at his Kingsley Studio, while thinking about the sounds, he composed the album cover while stoned.
Thus, describes most of the creative work processes of John. He’s a real hippie who gets stoned in order to come up with concepts and ideas and is stoned while meeting with clients. He doesn’t merely sit down and start dreaming of concepts. He spends time with whoever he is making the artwork for and listens to them as they reveal themselves. John then translates these words into a visual. For him pictures, signs and symbols are visual metaphors for words. His is not just capricious moods which accidentally produce masterpieces. His works are literally explanations of his subjects.
In spite of his drug trips he was a well coordinated man who did detailed work manually. With his business savvy and artistic creativity you will see that he is not just another dirty hippie. He’s a very gifted artist and knows what to do.
Source: Christian Magazine
Thus, describes most of the creative work processes of John. He’s a real hippie who gets stoned in order to come up with concepts and ideas and is stoned while meeting with clients. He doesn’t merely sit down and start dreaming of concepts. He spends time with whoever he is making the artwork for and listens to them as they reveal themselves. John then translates these words into a visual. For him pictures, signs and symbols are visual metaphors for words. His is not just capricious moods which accidentally produce masterpieces. His works are literally explanations of his subjects.
In spite of his drug trips he was a well coordinated man who did detailed work manually. With his business savvy and artistic creativity you will see that he is not just another dirty hippie. He’s a very gifted artist and knows what to do.
Source: Christian Magazine
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