studio journal

... what if I don't make black clothes any more? Has the pandemic ruined me?

Last night I dreamed I made a giant coin purse into a skirt.

See what people are doing with their Into The Fray slow-stitch scarf kits.
Energy is more important than precision. Beauty is often raw and asymmetric. Exploration sets you on a magical path ...

"Productivity is a capitalist lie, and deeply detrimental, when it comes to art. Make space for the opposite of productivity."

change gears without grieving (like the cat)
an artist’s nonlinear manifest-o for the new decade 

... like a kit, but for stubborn creative people who don't want to be told what to do

Rough Gems: we don't need to be shiny and smooth to be beautiful.

I just read somewhere that wood becomes petrified stone in only one hundred years. Is that true? Some mornings it takes me longer than that to leave the house.

"Just do your work. And if the world needs your work it will come and get you. And if it doesn't, do your work anyway." — Kiki Smith

We've listened to Meat Puppets ll a few times this week at home and in the studio. What is it about his voice? It's ... not good ....

This aggregation of form must be like the slow building of a snail shell. The work is in just adding to what’s there: starting at that one spot where the growth left off, working your way around but always spiraling outward, always adding on to — each movement contributing to something larger. Aggregations.

...  It’s all very satisfyingly witchy, having these magical vats doing my bidding all over the house, relying on me to tend them but also mostly doing their own thing ...