Post Crit Thoughts

One of the things we talked about today with my work is that I like to collect things and that I come from a long line of collectors. Something I need to do is organize some of my collections better and photograph or display them somehow. I think it might help me come up with ways in which I want to use them for my studio work. I also want to take a look at the kinds of things my family collects and see what the connections are and again if there's a way to use those connections in the studio.

Another thought, about Meg's world... I mentioned I wanted to take a more literal look at what is going on in there. This means writing....for the moment. I was thinking about Kelly's journals and how therapeutic they are for her, so I think it could be a good thing for me to explore. I love the feel of pen on paper so I definitely want to hand-write my journals as opposed to typing like here in the blog. But if I come up with something that leads to an idea for the studio I might share it on here. Either way, I'll probably make reference to my progression and if it seems to be helping at all.

I also want to take the writing out of my house. Or just me out of the house. I spend most of my time indoors and its making me a little restless and anxious. Hopefully now that spring is not too far away I'll have some good weather to enjoy. Even just another setting like a coffeehouse is a refreshing change of scenery and I already make it point to do my writing for Critical Eye at one so I'm less distracted than at home.

So that's kind of the plan for the week, writing and collecting.