October 22

Ok. let’s get on with the “line” business. (Just a reminder that exploring LINE was my intention for this residency.) Oh, how I wander.

My first afternoon here, I walked past these tree shelters on the hill next to the main building. I loved how they interacted with the landscape. They seem so musical and it some ways, like dance. I thought to myself: if I was a sculptor I would try to figure something to do with these. Then I skipped on down the road.

Then I started taking pictures of them. Then I sketched them in the landscape. I was still not sure what to do with the imagery. I started doing more abstract responses. I have lots of these in my sketchbook. (below)

I changed my Spotify from Talking Heads to Haruomi Hosono, gessoed some oil paper and experimented by using, in order (top to bottom): collage using Who Gives A Crap toilet paper wrapping, paint with brush, black marker, pencil, charcoal pencil, ink drawn with a stick and the last one - hard to see - I drew into the wet paint.

The pencil marks seems to have the most “grace.” (below) There are so many nuances at play here - the weight of the line, the relationship of the lines to each other, how the lines “rest” on the page, the size and the background color. I do like how the hard plastic tubing around the trees have made their way to a more meditative state.

Finding the right “harmony” could become a life project. I will keep pondering, wandering.

As I sit here typing, outside my window - two daisies are looking at me - first time I have noticed them. I am taking it as a sign that Nature is saying - We are looking at you. Glad you are slowing down enough to notice us.