Considering
This thought came up earlier today and I weighed it in my mind. What if, instead of leaving these posts till the last thing, what if I wrote them first thing in the morning? What if I did my pontificating and wool-gathering and reflecting at the beginning of the day with a fresh and clear mind. Instead of employing that early clarity, I most often wait until I'm winding down for bed, and my mind is a muddy collage of experiences and thoughts and worries steeped in exhaustion.
Instead of the bold strokes of dawn and certainty, you get the cluttered edition, like a second hand book with notes in the margins.
Despite not making it to the county fair with Reagan or to the bookstore without (I wanted to read more of Runaways and maybe spend the rest of my "allowance"), I had a solid day with a good deal of drawing and a nice chat with my evil twin, Claire.
In the past few drawing days I've been studious in referencing photos and faithful in my renditions, so I have been left with odd gaps, leftover spaces, on sketchbook pages. Well, this has happened for a long time, but previously I would find a reference that would fit, half-heartedly scribble something non-referenced, or cram something in. Now, I'm boxing off the space and filling it with full-frame scenic illustration doodles. You can catch a little glimpse of it at the bottom of these pages previously posted. Reagan says that those little doodles are the parts of my sketchbook that inspire him the most, that give glimpses into other worlds. I like the idea of these framed bits becoming part of my visual vocabulary.
Since I took a long bath alone a week or so ago I've been slightly obsessed with "discovering" and "defining" myself. I even went so far as to verbally (to my husband) commit to spending some time drawing without influence (tv/movie/book/music) and see what I can do to crack open my mind and truly see and draw what is in there. The idea was (is) to create an encyclopedia of personal work that is truly personal, to document what is in my imagination. Documenting the inhabitants of my mind is the secondary benefit of this proposed exercise, the primary benefit being proving to myself that I have depth to my imagination. I want to prove to myself that the things I draw come from a large, internal, subconscious world that can be accessed if I apply myself well.
Wednesday. Wednesday I will do housekeeping and follow up on a number of small things.
You know the Scannie count is now over 200?
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