my work right now is to get my studio in shape
paradoxically this process has become more about repacking
than unpacking
it has become about paring down to make space for the new
it has become about letting go of old habits
and old support systems
when it comes to making work,
editing is a big part of the process
When you begin a picture you often make some pretty discoveries. You must be on guard against these. Destroy the thing, do it over several times. In each destroying of a beautiful discovery, the artist does not really suppress it, but rather condenses it, makes it more substantial. What comes out in the end is the result of discarded finds. Otherwise you become your own connoisseur - picasso
in a painting
you have to constantly make choices in order to go go forward
when i get stuck
it's usually because there is a portion of what i am working on that i love
but it doesn't serve the whole
in photography
the choices to be made usually come between images
understanding in which the sum of the parts is greater than the whole
choosing which conveys a sentiment, a concept, a point of view most completely
i had a lot of trouble with that decision today
the image i posted on flickr is different from the one i chose for here
there,
i had the extra concern of how it followed from the one in the series before
that's important to me
i also suppose my indecision had something to do with not being sure
what it was that i wanted to say...
the image above is more about me AND my situation
(it's more in the arnold newman vein)
the one below
seems to be about me IN my situation
there's a subtle difference
2 comments:
i think we always know what we want to say... tho i most times do not trust how i should put it
so say it in different ways
(that is why i like the several logs to go toward variation)
points of view
each unique
each you
{enormous hug}
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