okay, I have at least 3 coming up...one in October, one in November, and one in January. I'm infamous for missing them because I can't work as fast as my head finishes a piece and secondly, because I don't hold to a strong dictate of what I'm going to do when in the studio. Like last week, I had every intent of picking something back up when I arrived. The world was feeling different for me the day after Davis' execution. Also, I was in the middle of reading a enthralling travel book on a woman's journey to West Africa in search of Indigo and it's meaning, Indigo: In Search of the Color that Seduced the World by Catherine E. McKinley. It was both of these I believe that came to bear on a change of plans.
Now what I had observed about myself that day was I was moving slower and quietly both physically and mentally. Shortly after I arrived at the studio a certain phrase came to me and held me spell bound and I chose to follow it in cloth and ended up starting a whole new piece, and thus far, I'm very pleased with it. The size is large, for me, and I'm wondering if I can have it ready for one of the looming deadlines...maybe I should change deadline to lifeline...meeting it could mean a whole new life for a piece of art.
This week I played around with video taping in the studio...I think I need one of those twisty style tripods. So far my camera man (youngest son) hasn't been convinced of all the exciting things that I do while at Mellwood and hasn't jumped at the chance to film me. I mean what 20 year man wouldn't want to party like this!?
dye painted cloth wrapped in newspaper waiting to be steamed
Glad to know I have a sistah who have a problem with finishing one project and getting started on something new like she didn't already have enough commitments. And the funny part about it all is that sometimes you finish the last piece started long before you finish the things that were started eons ago. If this is the way you tend to create just let the juices flow. I DO!!!
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