Does going with the flow mean I have no agenda?
It means I haven’t defined my agenda clearly enough to enable a clear way forward.
Hence ‘Wood for Trees‘ piece…
I have been working on another piece intially called ‘word weaving’ and I feel in need of carrying on with relatively unthought-through work for the sake of giving myself a time and space to think and reflect. This (busy – do hate that word, could be busy doing so many pointless things and I probably do) time during the school holidays is a time of never doing enough (with son) but having so much I need and want to do that I can’t fit in during my limited me-time.
Enough of that, this is not intended to be a moan-diary! It’s a questioning and solution finding space for me.
Last week I visited Tate St Ives (shocked there are no free-of charge rooms for visitors) and happened upon Andrew Jackson’s guided tour (see bit.ly/1eAuakd for a taste of the exhibition). It was so engaging, like no other tour guide I’ve listened to in recent years – he was fascinating to listen to.
I was particularly interested to hear about Partrick Herons last series of Brushwork series of paintings using sensory input through vibrations his feet/body rather than using his eyes (since hearing that I cannot find any record of this from my initial internet research and my memory is bound to have skewed it).
Questions to myself:
What makes ‘listening’ my key concept?
Why write?
Can writing be questioning without being legible?
WHAT exactly am I questioning?
Why do I want to listen?
How can I push my work to be astute?
How do I push/pull my work towards the conversation?
What is the thing that matters most about what I produce?
And to finish on an upward note:
I like my work being in Germany
I like seeing and hearing about others’ practices.
I like it when my output is high!
