Its nice to see the family, especially all the little ones… though I think I’m glad I’m not the dad, lol. I’m sitting at a cafe on Whyte Ave and waiting for some friends. I’ve been working on applications for residencies across Canada, and wondering if somehow a gallery show will randomly materialize. Probably not, I’m not magically oriented.
I’ve been making some rather good work… I quantify that by defining success as meeting my production/completion goals and selling a painting here and there.
I’ve been working on the sequel to the SWARM!!, and its already lost the simplicity of the original. I’m a bit leery of this because SWARM !! is supposed to be simple, easily readable and advance my ideas and research into aesthetics without my getting bogged down in the complexity of year-long projects (I’m looking at YOU telemek 3 *jerk*). If my heater fails before I can finish telemek 3, I’m counting on my friends to stop me from setting it alight. Not even kidding.
But the simplicity of construction and composition is really a strong point for the SWARM. But as you know, my natural inclination is to complexity… and the new drawings are on the lean side of the middle between a telemek and a swarm. How about if I promise that if the new project goes over-budget time-wise, the one after it will gravitate back to the lovely minimalism of SWARM. Deal?
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Anti-Lethargy 