Revisiting
I've dedicated this year to two things: trust and completion. Trust comes from my new year's annual theme (instead of a resolution I choose a theme). The trust theme came from my collage work and a feeling that I needed to trust the process rather than compel it. But, in the studio, I realized I also needed an intention that would oblige me to take action. A bit of a paradox, but I think that is the lesson I'm learning. I need to trust that inspiration will happen and then allow the paint to tell me the next step, but without the motivation of wanting to create something specific the endless possibilities tend to overwhelm me. I am a man with a lot of ideas -- or someone easily distracted -- or someone who avoids difficulties by turning away (at the studio, not in life).
What this all means is that I will return to pieces in the series I have already begun and rework them until I feel they are complete, because without completed pieces the series can never be finished.
I wonder if any series will ever be finished because conversations, feelings, or thoughts left dormant can always be revived. For some reason noticing that feels important.