After mourning the loss of a truly inspired, visually beautiful and, by my own hand, fatally doomed project for the past two days, I finally quit my moping and incorporated that part of the process into the final piece. These are pictures of the statement and original manifesto about the piece, as taken from [...]
Archive for June, 2008
The Gravity of Loss and What to Do with It.
Posted in artist practice, observation, tagged art, artful exorcism, artist's responsibility, loss, mourning, movement, resolution on 22 June 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Death of a Project.
Posted in artist practice, it could be worse, observation, tagged why can't there be three of me? on 21 June 2008 | Leave a Comment »
I am mourning the loss of a great project today.
My apologies to the seeds and their people.
More, Bigger and Outside.
Posted in artist practice, observation, teaching artist, tagged artist practice, bigger, kids, making learning visible, more, outside, sculpture, teaching artist, undergrad on 19 June 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Not that I am trying to non un-write my fellowship application which is naturally due tomorrow, but I had a day full of meetings and it just got my wheels a-spinning, you know?
Questions…
So after I do all the good work with the kids, how do we make their learning more visible, more public, more inclusive? [...]
Howdy, Stranger!
Posted in artist practice, observation, teaching artist, tagged balance, busy, energy, focus, teaching artist on 11 June 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Meaning myself, of course. Wow. I have been busy with teaching and its subsequent responsibilities, like tons of meetings, PDs and putting together endless documentation of what the kids did during my many residencies at many different schools.
The thing that makes it so difficult to keep up with myself is not the lack of time [...]
