"Beginning is the hardest step", Carlo Roveli says. "The first words open a space," but then lock you in. Every syllable becomes an anchor. A fulcrum. A fixed point upon which everything lifts, pivots, and moves. All art is the art of starting.
This is absolutely brilliant, I'm so struck by how you've structured this in powerfully re-iterating the start and it's so interesting to see the designs behind the final piece
oh wow! Thank you! That's so incredibly kind of you! I'm glad you like it. I'm trying to get better at showing the process. Sometimes I just get so caught up in working on something I forget to document what I'm doing. Thanks so much for reading and for taking the time to comment!
Would love to see more of the process, always think it's inspiring to remind people that what we see is just the final polished piece! We all have shakey, nervous first brushstrokes. Print elides that !
Exactly! There are so many fits and falsestarts that go on behind the scenes. That most never get to see, and it's all integral to the process. To how it all comes together. To how the whole thing gets made.
It is true that in the world we live in, the time of instancy and scrolling, the sheer volume that is out there that we only get one opportunity to ‘make (y)our mark’ so to speak.
Art forces us to ask questions - the answers only lying between the answers of those who view it. Artists pose those questions, the answers only in those who perceive it - there are no right answers only a mound of contradictory views… and this is what makes it beautiful...
The progression of your art fascinated my eye. I love how the word ‘mark’ is readable yet flows through the other letters. And your writing... enjoying it.
This is absolutely brilliant, I'm so struck by how you've structured this in powerfully re-iterating the start and it's so interesting to see the designs behind the final piece
oh wow! Thank you! That's so incredibly kind of you! I'm glad you like it. I'm trying to get better at showing the process. Sometimes I just get so caught up in working on something I forget to document what I'm doing. Thanks so much for reading and for taking the time to comment!
Would love to see more of the process, always think it's inspiring to remind people that what we see is just the final polished piece! We all have shakey, nervous first brushstrokes. Print elides that !
Exactly! There are so many fits and falsestarts that go on behind the scenes. That most never get to see, and it's all integral to the process. To how it all comes together. To how the whole thing gets made.
It is true that in the world we live in, the time of instancy and scrolling, the sheer volume that is out there that we only get one opportunity to ‘make (y)our mark’ so to speak.
Art forces us to ask questions - the answers only lying between the answers of those who view it. Artists pose those questions, the answers only in those who perceive it - there are no right answers only a mound of contradictory views… and this is what makes it beautiful...
Exactly this!
The progression of your art fascinated my eye. I love how the word ‘mark’ is readable yet flows through the other letters. And your writing... enjoying it.