Some new pieces beginning... I seem to be drawn to working in pairs; every piece I've started or conceived so far has a twin. I'm sure I could think of something deep for this to represent about my current state of being, but I'll save that for later.
These are "You" and "I". Something that came to me while sitting in the sun in Jumpin' Java, regarding the nature of where my head is at recently... open-hearted and excited but with a touch of the lonely-melancholy. Eyes closed and turned inward but also mirroring and connecting to the outside--world and individuals. A duality, in the sense of a double meaning, and also in the sense of the way I connect with others, in a very one-on-one, personalized way... that would make it a triple meaning, wouldn't it? Hell, let's go for broke and see how many layers of meaning I can get! The wings and stars come up for me a lot in my own library of symbols; they run the gamut of dazed, confused, open, full of wonderment, etc...here they're serving me to talk about being is a state of dazed curiosity; open-mindedness with a touch of spacey disconnect.
This is why I avoid artist statements and why I trip on talking about my work. It, like my own thoughts, has lots of meanings going on. It's hard for me to narrow it down to being about one, concise, easily-stated thing. Maybe by the finalization of these I can spit out a nice sound-bite about them, but for now it's "they're about this but also that and oh a touch of this over here... " But honestly, that's what it feels like in my head... clarity through a whole lot of sound and fury, plenty of strength but very little certainty.
it continues...
"You" sketch and first layout
"I" sketch and first layouts
"You" sketch and first layout
"I" sketch and first layouts
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