More thoughts from the swimming pool.
I have been thinking about similarities and differences in how people view values. What they value and what they don't. Yesterday's exercise where I produced the Cryptic Cross Wood made me think about juxtaposing different values - manual and intellectual. Then I was being thankful that there were found materials available to inspire me. I would not have created such satisfying pieces had they not been there. I think I have found the germ of the idea for my second collection! I could make this run for some time.
But equally, you need ideas to work with. So what about Found Ideas? What values do other people have? How would you represent them? So what about a group exercise where the reason why we value other people are listed, then pick and mix two diverse ideas and represent in art media.
I really need to take a brave pill and work up yesterday's idea. I think one of my outcomes from my MA this year, needs to be a submission of my thinking to the Gender Symposium at Loughborough Uni, and another outcome needs to be a submission to the Jerwood Prize.
While I was swimming and thinking about how to use a cross stitch on a wood artwork, I was thinking about the symbolism of the cross for a signature, when dyslexic people were often labelled as illiterate. Could a work representing a skill, also have a cross somewhere (not obvious) to symbolise the unimportance of the ability to write well, in contrast to high skill levels in some other field?
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