Start - thought process as it evolves

This blog has been very useful for me enabling me to evaluate my previous work. The connections between works from different time periods not only disrupts the linear process of this followed that but also enables me to shift how I view my work. It also demonstrates the need for reflection. So back and forth continues and brings me to a point of ‘now’. To challenge the process of this blog I will be adding images that represent the process. My aim is to document through this blog all the workings out without the editing. With that said the image I am beginning with has already developed beyond the start point….

Chris McCabe ‘ivor cutler’

http://www.poetryarchive.org/poetryarchive/singlePoem.do?poemId=11958

Simplicity does not come easy. This poem by Chris McCabe connects with my recent work ‘Revolving I’ and ‘Me, myself and I’. I enjoy that this conversation can be seen as a conversation with yourself.

http://redactedreductives.tumblr.com/page/3 link to the 2 works

Walking with Hamish Fulton

As part of the drawing symposium organised by Paul Fieldsend-Danks  Hamish Fulton led 4 walks. Joseph Ismail and I were invited to attend the walk alongside the BA students as we were both attending the MA Drawing course. Funny enough both Joe and I turned up prepared for the great outdoors with wet weather gear, hiking boots, flasks etc. The walk that we attended however was inside! Hamish pondered on what to do and then suggested that we spend an hour in the foyer of the library. He divided the room into 2 halves and then split the group up into 2. Starting at either end the task was subject to time constraints. Allow half an hour to walk to the middle where the masking tape marked the middle. On reaching the middle negotiate around the other half to commence for a further half hour to the other side. Small steps were needed to achieve this and so the walk began…for most it was more of a shuffle. Some decided on the sprint technique only to have to spend 20 minutes to walk 4 feet.

It was an excellent experience.

bird

The bird seems generic and also for me not about nostalgia; which a lot of my recent images seem to be. Returning to my home town has been interesting because although I have only been away 2 and a half years I am now really appreciating the space. My last return was some years after my BA at Winchester and I had started up a couple of businesses that were not art related. The time spent was much more frantic with an emphasis on making a living and consequently I did not even notice the town. On this second return a bad back and unemployment has given me time to think. Walking has been very important in that it has given me time to reflect. Admittedly I have been trying to conquer sciatica and this has meant a slowing down and an appreciation for the ability to walk. I have been thinking about the walk in terms of a line and think back to an event with Hamish Fulton at Norwich where I was invited to take a walk with Hamish and fellow students in college library foyer.

The bird seems to be taking a break too.