skating and buzzing
‘My past meshes with my present’ a quote by Anne
Truitt, which I found in Judy’s journal and the phrase buzzed in my head and
turned into this:
As a child I
started making; I made drawings and earrings and clothes and things, without
too much thought. During and after Art School I learned how to paint with oils,
on canvas and wood and this became my Art and all the other things I made were
separate, the patchwork (table)cloths, the earrings, the doodles and knitted
socks, the experimenting with embroidery, the decorative painting on furniture, mosaics and so on. I wanted to fuse these separate ways of expression and somewhere in
2007-2008 I began sewing on my paintings
with embroidery thread and sequins, cutting them up and re-using bits, I had no idea there might be anyone out
there up to anything similar, nor did that matter, I just had to do it.
Last year I decided it was time to start a blog, and
before I did I ‘discovered’ a world of like-minded people, looking and making
and and sharing their knowledge and worlds, and for me it is a new phase on my journey; at times I feel I’m plodding and then all of a sudden there is
a new viewpoint and I am rewarded with fresh insights and glimpses of truth…and
in my studio I feel more connected, within and without, and as I grow older I realise that I will
continue the making (because I have to ) with more seeing and feeling than before and less inhibiting thought(s).
I’ll keep on making mistakes and (un)learning from them and keep on looking,
listening and asking questions, (un)doing, uncovering.
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