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Journal number two...

Wed Sep 30, 2009, 4:23 PM
"Bass heavy metal at 0:52 under insufficient light. Creeping suggestions of someone standing just behind.. lurking at the very edge of vision. Eyes prickling at the light fizzing from this screen as I stab at the keys trying to ignore the invisible fingers poised over my shoulder... too terrified to turn around. Unwilling to break the spell of this exquisite Paranoia."

.. you see, this is what happens when you stay up too late.

Thanks for the comments to my 'FIRST EVER JOURNAL' (tm). I feel slightly less trepidation making this second entry.

When I was a student, we were encouraged to think freely without constraint. My wonderful tutor, Penny Cooper her name was... she was a wicked genius. She mocked all my pre-college school work and picked apart the fabric of my creative self. I was on shaky ground for a while.. where was I headed? Was my art really that bad? What the hell was I doing there?

She asked me what I hated doing the most. I said metalwork. She enrolled me in an arc welding class. I welded pieces of plate steel together until my hands were as black as the face guard and my hair stank of metal and sparks. By the end I had a tortured sculpture that was a reflection of the terror I'd felt the entire time of it's creation.

Then it dawned. After a year under her guidance my approach to creative thinking had exploded.

The bubble we develop within is but one indicator of potential, but letting yourself slide away from your comfort zone allows you to discover other ways of working. Obvious really, but there was a time when this lesson was the most amazing realisation of my life.

So... find a process you hate doing, and create something with it. You'll curse, you'll complain, you'll break pencils and kick the cat, but by the end you'll have a key to whole new worlds. They will kneel before you.

  • Mood: Fear
  • Listening to: Porcupine Tree and classic house music
  • Reading: Asimov, Lovecraft and Liam Sharp
  • Watching: House, Pokoyo and over my shoulder
  • Playing: with my baby son
  • Eating: crumble
  • Drinking: whisky

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:iconthepyf:
You have been featured
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:iconneviazsky:
Love your Dark Judge's. Very inspiring.
:iconborgmoose:
Dude, I love your conceptual process and philosophy! Its so easy to stick to what your good at. I would like to take your philosophy on board to see what happens. Thanks for sharing!
:iconmadelaire:
Wow!! You have such an amazing gallery!! You really blow me away with your talent!! Thank you so much for sharing your awesome works - you are a great inspiration to me:hug: I'll be watching you if you don't mind~

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epic gallery man
keep it up
:iconslrln:
Incredible work! My tutor said that he is hoping to bring you in next year to do a lecture and a workshop at NCN. I'll be really looking forward to it!

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'Words like violence Break the silence'
:iconkevcrossley:
Would your tutor be Richard Johnson? If so we've been speaking about the possibility for a while, something I'm looking forward to!
Take it easy!
:iconzarathus:
Amazing work. Definite watch for you.
:icongraphcraft:
Brilliant gallery.

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