Artist Statement Assignment - Step One

STEP ONE: Assemble the Ingredients.

1. Take five minutes and think about why you do what you do. How did you get into this work? How do you feel when work is going well? What are your favorite things about your work? Jot down short phrases that capture your thoughts. Don't worry about making sense or connections. The more you stir up at this point, the richer the stew.

Share my perspective. Small but joyful interactions. See things never properly looked at. The moment is now. Go from one place to another. Flow. Sensation of exploring and wonder. Personal connection. Being yourself and having an adventure.

2. Make a list of words and phrases that communicate your feelings about your work and your values. Include words you like, words that make you feel good, words that communicate your values or fascinations. Be loose. Be happy. Be real. Think of these as potential seasonings for your stew. You don't have to choose which ones to use just yet, so get them all out of the cupboard.

Fragments
Fragments
Explore
Curiosity
Flow
Never-ending
Fusion of virtual and reality
Fusion of digital and physical
Spark
Activate
Awe
Wonder
Fairy Tail
Legends
Collect
Treasure
Nostalgic
Sparks
Everyday things
Expression

3. Answer these questions as simply as you can. Your answers are the meat and potatoes of your stew. Let them be raw and uncut for now.

What is your favorite tool? Why?
Small recognizable interactions – the ease of use and sometimes nostalgic.

What is your favorite material? Why?
Everyday things - ??

What do you like best about what you do?
Creating sparks of imagination and creativity and enjoying the experience in the right here and now. Don’t think too much about the past or future. Go with the flow.

What do you mean when you say that a piece has turned out really well?
When someone else enjoy the experience and continue the curiosity/exploration in their own environment.

What patterns emerge in your work? Is there a pattern in the way you select materials? In the way you use color, texture or light?
Using the real life platforms to express my point of view and have fragments zooming in on the details and ignoring the bigger picture. There is also a senses of nostalgic.

What do you do differently from the way you were taught? Why?
Usually there is a red thread through an experience, a main story, I let go of this idea. It is a collection of experiences that bring up the feeling of curiosity and exploration.This is how my mind works I wish to express it and show that things do not need to be a part of a bigger picture to enjoy the experience.

What is your favorite color? List three qualities of the color. Consider that these qualities apply to your work.
Purple
The color is layered which gives the color depth.
The color is diverse by which I mean that a shade of purple can be warm or cold. There are many shades to choose from.

4. Look at your word list. Add new words suggested by your answers to the questions above.

5. Choose two key words from your word list. They can be related or entirely different. Look them up in a dictionary. Read all the definitions listed for your words. Copy the definitions, thinking about what notions they have in common. Look your words up in a Thesaurus. Read the entries related to your words. Are there any new words that should be added to your word list?
Fragments
–noun
1.a part broken off or detached: scattered fragments of the broken vase.
2.an isolated, unfinished, or incomplete part: She played a fragment of her latest composition.
3.an odd piece, bit, or scrap.
–verb (used without object)
4.to collapse or break into fragments; disintegrate: The chair fragmented under his weight.
–verb (used with object)
5.to break (something) into pieces or fragments; cause to disintegrate: Outside influences soon fragmented the Mayan culture.
6.to divide into fragments; disunify.

piece, remnant, share, slice, divide, burst, split

Curiosity
–noun, plural -ties.
1.the desire to learn or know about anything; inquisitiveness.
2.a curious, rare, or novel thing.
3.a strange, curious, or interesting quality.

investigation, searching, intense desire to learn, oddity, trinket, wonder


6. Write five sentences that tell the truth about your connection to your work. If you are stuck, start by filling in the blanks below.

My works is a manifestation of how I see and experience the world.
It is my life long mission to find ways to communicate and share my world.
This expression is important because I need to release the creativity or it will become to much in mine mind.