Conversation 2.17 -- Recycling continued/Phase 3
Came to the studio determined to find a solution -- but I kept trying to make the same elements work in the same way. I was not re-conceiving. I was getting trapped in the "fix it" mode. Instead of stepping back I got myopic and started reaching out to a friend for his guidance on how to make it work. I felt like my intention with the piece was missing. Recycling wasn't enough. Making it "prettier" wasn't enough. I had no story to tell with this piece so the conversation was going nowhere. I made the background darker and tried to blend areas that looked muddy by over-screening more cheesecloth. By the end of the studio day I had something that looked like an abstracted still life -- as a friend commented "a goldfish bowl and a potted plant" -- not my intention.
Ugh!