A SUPPORTIVE LINE
INITIALLY, IT WAS THE SEARCH FOR FINDING FORMS AND SPACES THAT DROVE ME. THE WORK BEGINS WITH THE STROKE OF A LINE THAT WOULD ONLY BECOME MEANINGFUL WHEN ANOTHER LINE IS ADDED AND GIVES IT A REASON TO BE.
AT THE BEGINNING A CALCULATED PLAN IS USED AS A SUPPORT. BUT MOTIVATED BY THE UNKNOWN AND THE MYSTERY THAT HOLDS, THE NEXT STEP NATURALLY CONTINUES BY LISTENING TO MY INTUITION.
GUIDED BY THAT, FOCUSING ON TECHNIQUE, I THEN ALLOW NEW LINES TO BE DRAWN AND SOMETIMES BLURRED. WHAT WAS ORIGINALLY A BLANK PAPER IS NOW FILLED WITH A MIXTURE OF LINES AND THE SEARCH TO FIND A NEW FORM BEGINS TO EMERGE.
I WANT THE VIEWER TO GET A PART OF ME AND MY THOUGHTS IN THE PROCESS OF THE EXPLORATION. AND BY ALLOWING THE PROCESS TO LIVE AND TO BE VISIBLE, I FIND THAT IT ADDS MORE THAT JUST A CLUSTER OF LINES. I FEEL THAT IT GIVES THE PIECES AN ENERGY AND AN INTENSITY THAT THEY PREVIOUSLY LACKED.
THESE SPACES THAT ARE NOW CREATED WHERE THE PROCESS SPEAKS – I WANT TO BE A PLACE WHERE YOU CAN STOP, OBSERVE INTO THE WORLD THAT I CREATED FOR A WHILE.
IT’S NOT A NEW IDEA BUT A MOMENT WHERE I’M CURRENTLY IN. IN MY WORLD WHERE SPACES ARE SHAPED AND WHERE THEY SUPPORT EACH OTHER FROM SOMETHING THAT STARTED WITH ONLY A STROKE OF A LINE. A LINE THAT WAS GOING TO BE –
A SUPPORTIVE LINE.