College has started in earnest again, so I’m back to my usual tired mode from too much travelling and sleeping on a friend’s floor. I have been doing quite a bit of research in the library though, and come up with some interesting books. Always a dilemma as to the balance of reading v work, sometimes the ideas can seem so seductive. I’m interested in the research/practice debate beginning in Carolyn Shepherd’s profile interview. I must remember not to overlook the value of learning through making. I like it when the making processes echo the concepts explored in the reading and academic research. My previous work was purely intuitive, and it was hard to develop this way. I think to make thoughtful art the conceptual base needs strengthening too. Maybe debates in the blog will help me to be more reflective. I need to continue drawing as research, a thread that was started as a college seminar and which I need to remember to practice. Richard Taylor’s blog is great for looking at drawing as research.
the image is my first pinhole image from a can camera left in the woods. More on this later….
