Reading Elena Thomas’ latest blog posting:
has made me think about how and where I work best and somehow I find that my studio, home and mind all seem to be inextricably linked. All seem to be full. With little room to manoevere.
I have realised that my ideas for work seem to pour forth at times away from these places – mainly driving in my car between home to studio. Most days, the 10 minute journey provides at least 3 pages of sketchbook scribble as if it is all saved up ready to emerge, fully formed, during the process of driving.
This is making me reconsider the plans to build a studio space onto our house so that I can work from home – is this a bad idea – will I be forced to drive pointlessly around the block for inspiration or will some other mind displacement activitiy take the place of a drive? Is it the separation from real life – a 10 minute limbo – that provides the clarity essential when your life is brimming with stuff and noise?
