Some more images that I’m quite happy with… I did quite a lot of this type of thing back in college and hopefully it will resurface now in what I’m making… more on that soon…
Also… my new portfolio is up and running and looks a bit more grown up than my previous one. Just have to remember to update it with each new article/piece now.
Some images from when I still made art regularly… Thought I’d upload some older images while I’m working on some new things… I still will definitely post some new stuff this weekend.
Forgot to say earlier in my despair… I have an article on the front page of excellent online art magazine White Hot Magazine.
Click here for the permalink to the article – it’s a review of Koon’s current Serpentine show.
Have been thinking and making things in the past ten days, even though I haven’t posted anything on here… Actually have made a sort of cube form out of cardboard and am in the process of wrapping all the different bits in woolen thread, I’m pretty excited about it!
By the weekend I will post some new images, I promise. Have been feeling really angry over the past few days about the way I’ve let my artistic activities slide over the past few years, and even in art school I didn’t get to the level of achievement or passion that I hoped to. It would be great as time goes on and I make more things and develop more respect for myself and for my practice that I will write excitedly about art and theory and writing on these posts, rather than writing about not doing enough of these things and about being afraid. But we’ll see…
On another note, I also made a website for a musician friend. Even doing that felt somewhat creative so I think I’m beginning to get on the right track! It took about a day to do, so now I’m motivated to make my online portfolio look a bit more professional and beautiful! Will post the link when I get that done and updated. I think taking care of my portfolio (this is for writing as well as art), updating it regularly and making sure that people know about it is part of this process of gaining more respect for myself and for my artistic practice.
OK… next post will be less whiney!
Thinking some more about time management. I read a nice bullet-pointed blog post on http://unclutterer.com making the most of your time. Intend now to put some of those points into practice, including…
– purge clutter
– order saves time and energy
– streamlined routine for mundane tasks
– determine what matters most to you and learn to say no
– enjoy your work (!), take risks
– sleep
As I’m currently trying to figure out if I have time to take a day off this week, I think some new structures – and more selectivity – are in order.
Writer & researcher.
