Friday, October 23, 2015

claim your ground



ink on paper part 1
2013
untitled (reverb)



The studio is sacred space
claim your stance- claim your ground. Some things should be off limits until you are ready for feed back or scrutiny. 
watch the timing
be careful what you ask for. (and when) 

If a careless person comes into your space, you have a couple of options.

...you can make them tea
...you can ask them to leave
...you can leave


the most important thing to remember is that it is your work, your process, your space, you. This process requires vulnerability, not everyone can be that generous at any given moment, and might say something that shifts the mood-- that beautiful and precarious tight rope that art making requires. Sometimes people forget how demanding that psychic space is, so part of the learning is to protect yourself. To demand respect. To surround yourself with allies, like Guston, like Brady, like Twombly and Deibenkorn. Like your own amazing work. Your drawings, your sculptures, the things that you love, that are home for you. That send you out. Get gone on the investigation. 

seduce 
cajole
praise
be generous
make tea

but by any means necessary, get yourself some solitary space. It took me a long time to understand that, to understand that it was a necessity for me. That the protective energy required in a shared space was never worth it. We are distracted /distracting enough on our own.  We should not have to fight for it with anyone else.

And one thing for the weekend:
aha moment


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