Yes, Barbara, but does it look like it intentionally happened to be in this position?
intentional art
shop talk:
if it wasn’t interesting it wouldn’t be hard but why is it interesting that it was hard?
whenever one of us asks if standalone is 1 word or 2, the other says “what? oh, yeah, sorry, I’d rather not.”
no, no, I didn’t think what I thought you meant was very interesting.
It bugs me. I’m just not sure if it bugs me because it’s ugly or because it’s good, but new, so I’ll have to let the newness wear off with a few days looking. Usually, I see ‘ugly’ quickly, so most times something bugs me, I get excited.
wondering:
what comes after America is gone?
hearing | seeing things:
“items similar to contemporary art” Etsy suggestion
“I know I put that into the piece, I can’t understand why they don’t see it”
early Tuesday afternoon, we’re composing. things going well. we’re clicking, in the flow …
“don’t worry” she said and after a pause added “I’m supposed to say that to everyone”
“learn to paint the sea, then paint the bottom of the sky”
“then he offered me some of David Smith’s steel” John Gibbons
Barb and Paul try political
… late Tuesday evening - lying in bed, one is looking at photos of the day’s work and says “you know that piece that was so rocking this afternoon?” “yeah?” “it looks like a chicken” “weird” “maybe it won’t look like one when we get to the studio tomorrow”
abortion must be legal; we’re going to make some art now.
we don’t do issue art but while you have us standing here between you and the exit, solitary confinement is stupid, are you?
art is about the art. everything else is a public service announcement. dogs taking bites out of crime, bears who fight forest fires, eggs in a fry pan
titles
I didn’t see that one coming until the clouds parted
holes in your soul help you breath out
nutrition free art: it has to be better
make up your own damned story
look until the wall showing through the piece becomes the sky
what was left before it too was swept away
Sunday walkers near the studio
