Your vision is expansive and born of presence. I can see how each part is also the whole. It prompts me to check in with my vision. Sometimes I have so many ideas and need to get them grounded. You are an inspiration.
Thanks Sunshine. I think the trick for me is thinking of my creative life as a ‘museum archive’ as opposed to individual things. See everything you do creatively as a continuum of individual expressions organized initially in a chronological order. Over time you can go back and see the connections and then organize along the various trajectories. I have written articles about this but I will make a new one to explain it in detail. Watch for that.
As Christine mentions, the photos and/or albums in thrift stores, always touch my heart. I recently received a falling apart album from a newly widowed friend. She’d found it among lots of stuff in her photographer husband’s studio. There are no dates or names of people or places except once “Harrisburg 1914”. The photos are printed on paper and glued onto black pages with glue at the corners. Women in long dresses. Autos. Buildings. Trees. I’m fascinated by them. Slices of lives. Unknown. And as you say, Cecil, each a poem.
I enjoyed reading this. It made me think about all the old, unclaimed photographed portraits found in thrift stores, perhaps hoping someone who knew who they were would find them. I always get a little sad when I see those. They’re usually listed for a couple of dollars, waiting to be recognized.
OK, I made a comprehensive ‘museum archive’ post that will come out in the morning. It is a lot of work of course but if you want to keep yourself accountable to yourself it is extremely beneficial and valuable for the artist. It feels a bit overwhelming and disorienting at first - it took me about a year to get into the rhythm of it back in 2010 but SO worth it. It becomes a kind of hobby and actually becomes enjoyable. It feels so empowering to look back at several years of organized and well documented work and thought. Game changer for me personally.
Your vision is expansive and born of presence. I can see how each part is also the whole. It prompts me to check in with my vision. Sometimes I have so many ideas and need to get them grounded. You are an inspiration.
Thanks Sunshine. I think the trick for me is thinking of my creative life as a ‘museum archive’ as opposed to individual things. See everything you do creatively as a continuum of individual expressions organized initially in a chronological order. Over time you can go back and see the connections and then organize along the various trajectories. I have written articles about this but I will make a new one to explain it in detail. Watch for that.
That makes sense. Thank you.
As Christine mentions, the photos and/or albums in thrift stores, always touch my heart. I recently received a falling apart album from a newly widowed friend. She’d found it among lots of stuff in her photographer husband’s studio. There are no dates or names of people or places except once “Harrisburg 1914”. The photos are printed on paper and glued onto black pages with glue at the corners. Women in long dresses. Autos. Buildings. Trees. I’m fascinated by them. Slices of lives. Unknown. And as you say, Cecil, each a poem.
I enjoyed reading this. It made me think about all the old, unclaimed photographed portraits found in thrift stores, perhaps hoping someone who knew who they were would find them. I always get a little sad when I see those. They’re usually listed for a couple of dollars, waiting to be recognized.
OK, I made a comprehensive ‘museum archive’ post that will come out in the morning. It is a lot of work of course but if you want to keep yourself accountable to yourself it is extremely beneficial and valuable for the artist. It feels a bit overwhelming and disorienting at first - it took me about a year to get into the rhythm of it back in 2010 but SO worth it. It becomes a kind of hobby and actually becomes enjoyable. It feels so empowering to look back at several years of organized and well documented work and thought. Game changer for me personally.
I can sense the empowerment. I realize the effort it takes and the payoff. Thanks again, Cecil.