Krishnamurti and me...

The main aim of this project is to take a deep look at myself as both an artist and as a person. When I found this book it was initially for me to read, but as I read it I was amazed at how fitting it was to my work and wanted to combine it somehow! You will see from my previous post, I have started to incorporate this in my work. Carefully selected pieces are placed within my work as I read them, it is important that only the narratives I have read are used as the process of reading the book is as important as the process of distorting my images. Doing this has made me realise how important it is for me to include in my work processes and meanings that are significant to me. It makes my work flow by itself and inspires me to keep going it becomes less about the final piece and more about the activities going on behind the scenes. By incorporating my life as it is into the work it also makes it more personal, less like work but more like a personal project of exploration. Again this excites me and becomes my strength. The only problem I have found is that it can be nerve racking demolishing an image or book as its so personal you feel like your destroying something that is part of you. So it can take a bit of time to have the courage to just make the cut so to speak. However I am working on this and trying to view it as giving the pieces a new permanent life in a new context: preserving its significance to both me and hopefully the viewer.