I have been thinking a lot about the work I am doing in relation to the topic I will be speaking about in class this Thursday, October 15th. I plan to show a video about Michael Grab and what he calls “Gravity Glue”. A lot of his work and Andy Goldsworthy’s work play a large role in what is motivating my current work. I am not creating work like these artists are but their attitudes and mindsets are what motivate the work I am doing now. This week I have been doing a lot of research about these two artists while also creating work of my own. I am experimenting with acrylic paint and abstract art. This is something I am also doing in my other portfolio class and I had no intentions of overlapping themes and techniques of each class but rather wished to focus on different art practices for each class. The fact of the matter is that I need to be creating work that is purely from me and if I purposely try to limit myself for each class then I am afraid I will not be allowing myself to explore my ability to its fullest. I am working on abstract work for each class but the themes and concepts for the work do differ. I think that it is clear that my work for Phase II has completely changed since last week. I do not regret planning a project I never went through with because every little thing has gotten me to the track I am on now. I do not feel any connection to my last idea nor do I feel like I am abandoning a project in order to do the work I am doing now. Maybe later in life I will go back to my ideas for performance work but at this current moment in time I have moved on to work I feel I need to pursue. So far, the paintings I am doing are unfinished and untitled. They come from what I believe to be a clear state of mind. Clear of thought, clear of destination, and clear of worry about mistakes. They are pieces I am creating based on emotion and feeling. Whatever happens happens, and I am excited to see where this project takes me and what the final product turns out to look like.
