Something like research / documentation / studio practice / progress / paying attention. Making a thesis exhibition (+ writing, etc.) happen.
Here’s what I’m thinking:
Tag: sketchbook
end of semester / artist statement
In seeking to better pay attention, the art principles of pattern and repetition emerge as useful tools. Much of our learning relates to the recognition of patterns, whether biological, aesthetic, mathematical, or otherwise. By pointing out things we may have missed the first or second (or third) time around, they help us to notice.
This work1 maps, tracks, and presents as evidence some of the repetitions in my life. It takes advantage of the power of pattern in several ways: as documentation, remembrance, meditation, points of empathy, and studies in aesthetics. The physical processes inherent in art-making demand that embodiment accompany mental-spiritual presence, and embodiment is always relational.
“I am stumbling in pursuit of grace2” – wholeness, healed-ness, holiness – for “out of wholeness we make good things.3”
Out of wholeness, we love.
1some of it is here: lynnettetherese.com/portfolio
2Sarah Kay spoke this.
3Shauna Niequist tweeted this.
countdown: 3
A lot has happened in the past three weeks. Since last time:
All final projects have been turned in and spring semester grades are posted
I cleaned out my space in the junior painting studio
I re-signed my lease, my current roommate moved out, a new roommate moved in, and we found someone to stay here over the summer while we’re both traveling
libero: for Alison
Tattoo design for a dear friend of mine. (By the way: the tattoo artist did a phenomenal job and the final piece looks wonderful!)
Libero means “freedom” in Latin, and the elephant is a national animal of some southeast Asian countries as well as a symbol for strength, honor, and patience. Trips to several countries in this region of the world were an introduction to her passion for fighting human trafficking, and she sees these traits as valuable in that pursuit.
