My schedule has changed. I have added another job. It seems like this could be a bad time to do so, but as my time shrinks my desire to work grows. Every time in my life that I start to feel overworked or stressed, in a tight position, I find my work serving as a catharsis. It starts to grow and change with me and helps me see what I should do and what could work better.
As a result of the new position I have started getting up at 5:30 in the morning and getting to studio at 6:00 or a little after. I have been able to wake up with a brush in my hand and work through some of the patterns that I have been seeing everywhere. I have been obsessed with the idea of hanging my new show on an awkward grid of painted panels. I think that it will serve to locate all of the diverse concepts that I have been thinking about into a united theme.
Here are some images of the grids.
The process is taking a while and I really only have another three weeks to work on this show. I am glad that I made this breakthrough this week. If it had happened any later I wouldn’t be able to even come close to finishing the work in time. As it is, should I not finish in time, I am resigned to finish it at some other point. This work is some of my favorite that I have finished up to this point.
Keep up.
Peace
-Mike