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.

Is art individual!?

Just been to my friends PHD Sale and trash sale and it really made me think about where I will be at the end of my degree!

The first thing I noticed was how similar our art practices were, which has made me think about whether any is art individual!? Is my art any different to anything that's out there at the moment!?

I'd like to say yes, as although similar to the eye our processes and philosophy behind our work is what makes us different! And will make every artist different to the fellows and peers!

For this reason I am excited about where I will be in a few years time! I can feed of others and be influenced but still be me and this excited me.

Cutting into things.....

I have started to experiment with distortion using the scalpel...

Holes, Me and more holes.....

So today I have been experimenting with pixalating my image in order to distort it for the viewer. I like the process involved in creating this image, the control that I had in deciding how much of the original image I wanted the viewer to see. I wanted the piece and the process to be one that expresses self exploration, looking at yourself is never easy.. neither is putting this image of yourself out there for other people to see. In doing this piece I had to both look very closely at myself and also make the decisions necessary regarding what I let the viewer see. Like me the piece also has many layers, layers which are fragile but together create an overall picture. the use of paper is important as it is raw, delicate and natural. Although the piece is small it took a long time to create, which is nice as for me it makes the piece more personal as so much time, effort and thought has gone into it. I would like to do this again but maybe experiment with the size.