entrée
2020
an investigation of process and intuition. creating with and without parameters - ‘rules’, and documenting both confusion and doubt as significant aspects of process.
my final project for uni put together a collection of the most meaningful quotes, aspirations and insiprations to my practice.
The quote that inspired this work was, ‘practice is about having a meaningful life, everything we do is practice’ - Catherine Deveny
I started by meditating on quotes that had profound impact on how I view the world. I would then sit a 5 minute silent meditation to achieve a state of ‘no-mind’ before I commenced explorative mark making. This ensured the work would hold what I was contemplating at the time - at the moment of creation.
Being interested in the wisdom that comes from the curiosity of a child, I made my work purely out of sensational feeling - foot painting to a song, etching onto clay, drawing with my eyes closed. These processes allowed for my work to be ephemeral and directed by intuition. By this way of creating, I took a leap of faith into trusting the work to find its own resolution.