experiments

So, one of the beauties of being full time is that i now have the freedom to devote some energy to experiments that have little to do with my main body of work. I know that sometimes these can influence my main themes and ideas, and allow more fresh discoveries. It is a healthy process which i hadn't allowed myself much of over the past few years. With less pressure to make something conform to a set of rules, anything can happen. Of course, if that's all I created, it would be an uncohesive pile of random ideas.

Hmnn. That brings up a notion: most bodies of work are built up upon a base of a self referential history (i dont have the right word at the moment), a set of beliefs and ideas that can crumble without a context. The experiments dont have that, and therefore are somewhat immune from criticism.

Anyway,Here is one from awhile back. Thick slabs, dense brushy field, tenuous lines and an advertisement.

And this is also an experiment testing picasa software. from photolibrary to blog in 1 click. unfortunately, the posting window lacks a few of the normal buttons- for inserting extra images and saving as a draft. so it goes.