Wednesday, April 23, 2008

watching gravity


watching paint dry on a canvas is literally as satisfying as watching
the most intimate transitioning in a dance. i wait for the moments
when the pull of gravity forces the collecting edge of wet paint to
break and small valleys open up and the paint drips down. it is beautiful
to observe where the drip stops. i can only partially estimate how that
will work out based on degrees of solubility and viscosity. in this form, the
dance is making the mark by pushing the paint across the surface, and
then stepping back and watching. i control where the paint starts, but i
cant contol where the paint stops. THAT is what i love to engage in.
i want to have a conversation with the act, not dominance over it.
this is how i see dance making. i make the dance and the dance makes
itself. i assert my intention in the form of a phrase and then i step aside
and see where this phrase wants to settle into.
i practice being the performer and the audience to this process.

Friday, April 11, 2008

mid painting process




painting again after ten years. been drawing consistently but
painting is a new addition again. curious to see how much more
will come this time around. i have done thirty two paintings so
far this year. all created in ann arbor michigan.