d’Arte Board

just an iphone pic.  i’ve been working for pay this past week and the time spent at the studio was mostly … well just time spent sitting doodling and listening to music.  while i’d imagined unparalleled creative output once i had a studio outside my house, the reality is that everything is different.  how i see things, what i’m interested in doing … it’s all new.  and a bit frightening may i add.  that said, i head off to lands far away this weekend for work.  so either, they’ll be a bunch of new things to post  or i’ll be so jet lagged that i wont know that next monday has passed.

so … til either next monday … or not, here’s a wonderful quote/image from … of all places … facebook

What a fantastic series!!

so this is what im working with … i know crazy huh?  just sitting in the studio making dots on a long roll of rice paper.  it’s likley going to become some sort of scroll, or something.  i dunno.  i just kept making these marks on the paper and thinking about .. well nothing.  it’s quite liberating. i’ll keep you updated on the scope of the scroll.  it’s presently 4″x 48″.  i’m considering taping another length on to expand it to 96″.  it might push me into some sort of psychotic break, but some of the best work has emerges from absurd beginnings.  of course so has some of the worst!

on the topic of process … i had the opportunity to see the willem de kooning retrospective at the museum of modern art, ny.  remarkable to see the development of a vision over so many years and periods.  i chose to visit not because i’m such a fan of de koonings, but for the unique chance to see how he emerged over time.

I did not create this. Nor do I produce it. I assure you I have never been anywhere near this. I simply present it to you for your consideration. I won’t tell you what it is, but you can probably figure it out.

I’m posting this instead of art because I haven’t had time, my scanner still doesn’t work, the NBA season may not happen, and I’m having some issues with other utilities. As such, I feel this is more apt to send into the world, than any old piece I could locate in my flickr.

-JD