Sep 5 2012: Ken, I love your feedback. I agree, it can be funny and that was my plan. I love that you picked up on it though. What you saw was was improvised....I never planed to make it so personal and serious. Performing is weird, you have something in mind, but the audience and the atmosphere shifts..and you have to follow, otherwise it goes dead. It's terrifying but the results are worth it. The drawings help me understand and trust this because drawing those lines, I never know how they'll end up but I have to trust it and follow them. If I don't, the result often is dead or obvious. It's worst than the terror of jumping.
Aug 31 2012: Ok, this talk confirmed I should let this one out the bag.
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If you are ever in a crisis (or need new inspiration for your work) look at what fascinated you as a kid/teen and try recreate it, in whatever way you can. I've been doing this for a few months now.
Aug 31 2012: Thanks. Yes, each one is a journey, I have to let it grow by itself. Sometimes it feels like taking a long walk and then "Pop" a connection is made. Sometimes old memories surface and if I stop a drawing and come back to it, I start thinking/rememebring the exact things I was when I stopped. Only, if I look at the drawing when it's finished I can't say WHAT i was thinking.
Wow,that felt good. (I was nervous doing this). Give it a try people, show us what you're hiding!!
If you ever in an emotional crisis or stuck for ideas/inspiration, look at what fascinated you as a kid and try recreate it in someway. I began these doodles as a kid, where I'd take a word and abstract it. I realise now it's based on my fascination with "runes" from fairy tales and from the structures I saw peering into microscopes as a kid. This year was my lowest, so I began doing this every month. I make my own private little exhibition, with a new themse every month. It's helped me through a bad time in my life and gave me confidence for an audition recently.
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If you are ever in a crisis (or need new inspiration for your work) look at what fascinated you as a kid/teen and try recreate it, in whatever way you can. I've been doing this for a few months now.
What are you hiding in your suitcase?
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Wow,that felt good. (I was nervous doing this). Give it a try people, show us what you're hiding!!
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If you ever in an emotional crisis or stuck for ideas/inspiration, look at what fascinated you as a kid and try recreate it in someway. I began these doodles as a kid, where I'd take a word and abstract it. I realise now it's based on my fascination with "runes" from fairy tales and from the structures I saw peering into microscopes as a kid. This year was my lowest, so I began doing this every month. I make my own private little exhibition, with a new themse every month. It's helped me through a bad time in my life and gave me confidence for an audition recently.