The textile pieces I am creating for Art in the Woods are going well with images being built up on the surface. The final part I had planned was a layer of stitched 'handwritten' notes from my observations of the site... but then it dawned on me that the text is perhaps the most important element; what if I just used the layer of text on it's own? Could the text be seen to float between the trees? I was immediately excited by the idea of creating something more refined, less cluttered and a completely new idea to me. I was worried about abandoning the pieces I had already started but think I will complete a few of these as well as working on my new idea.
This evening I have also been discussing ideas for a great little collaborative project. Working alongside other creative people on a project venturing into drawing, stitch and marks will get the cogs moving and I like the idea of working towards something undetermined. Exciting times!
I find my best ideas emerge on the cusp of waking and sleeping and I wondered how or where other people get their thunderbolt breakthroughs and ideas. I'd love to hear from you.
Ideas seem to arise at two types of time - in the middle of a work frenzy or more often in the middle of something unrelated, when I'm "off duty" like about to sleep, or walking up a mountain, or on a fast train.
ReplyDeleteLove these new ideas, interested in anything that has a sense of time and place and is ephemeral in nature. My best ideas come at most inconvenient times: at work, in the bath and out on my bike and like you when trying to get to sleep.
ReplyDeleteI tend to find its when I can't sleep. Nocturnal thoughts that keep me awake that although are often slightly annoying at the time as I am tired, tends to be when my best ideas materialise!
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