the reality of MY margins
I’ve become aware this week that although my practice is socially engaged and negotiatiation is at the core, sometimes when something matters to me then there is no negotiation. At that point, I want to get out what exists in my head and in a way that satisfies my standard of quality. It’s all part of my ‘considered not contrived’ mantra. That’s when someone elses’ quality might bother me.
Yet when I am in negotiation mode, the quality is in the conversation, the interactions, the shared experience. Perhaps that’s it; if I am making something concrete to be a catalyst, then that’s when I want it to be the best I can make it. Once that is achieved, the structure I have created is strong enough to underpin the event where the boundaries are quite fluid. Phew, glad I got my head round that one…
