I’m in one of those periods at the moment when life seems to be accelerating down some kind of chute, at the end of which I will be launched into space. Several activities which have been held at an unthreatening distance for some time have become suddenly very immediate. I have been wondering off and … Read more
I came across the following wonderful statement today, by Eva Hesse.* In a “note to self” she wrote, “Don’t pressure self about this, it will come when lifestyle opens up.” Her approach to art is not one with which I normally find myself in sympathy, but this observation is exactly what I need to hear. … Read more
I had never thought of this before today, but it came to me that there might be two quite different ways of doing art. There are occasions on which I attempt to produce images that represent some kind of enduring idea, or symbol, that has a kind of durability about it. I suppose that the … Read more