Sunday, April 10, 2011

. . . dreamed about projects

Literally I have been having dreams, snippets of insight, flashes of inspiration, about a project that I've been thinking about. The things I want to include are absolutely MIXED media, everything from oatmeal (the color and the texture) to rusted paper to drywall compound, to canvas, scrim, burlap, threads, twine, newspaper, paper clay, papier mache. . . I have a notebook with four pages devoted to lists of things I want to include in this. . . project. . . thing. . . assemblage. Layers, digging through, tactile. . . all tones of natural, from white to ecru to beige to gray to black to rust, but all totally natural, in that it comes from a natural process, even if you have to fake it. painted corrugated cardboard, weathered cardboard, dangling things, rolled paper, rolls of used adding machine tape, dipped in wax, burned with an incense stick (by the way, I have rediscovered incense. . . it's way cool to smell if you don't use it in a tiny enclosed area) to created rows of little holes. . . and of course I have been collecting pictures, going through all my old photos, taking new ones, looking at everything with a new eye. . . an artist's eye. I can't wait to get started. But first, I must go get my hair fixed. Honestly, first time in a looooong time. I will be newly blonde when I start my project. Oh, that's a good color. . . blonde.

9 comments:

Leslie Avon Miller said...

Well, isn't THAT tantalizing? Can't wait to here about your process! And see some of it too. Enjoy Mary!

ACreativeDreamer said...

I am so happy you are dreaming, and feeling that creative desire... I can't wait to see the project... and have fun with the blonde~

Jann Gougeon said...

Fantastic and exciting!!!

Anonymous said...

Thrilled to see this post -- it's been too long! So excited about this fun direction. Can't wait to see what happens...put on you big girl pants, and a spritz of "rat away" and get your blonde self down those stairs!!!! This is gonna be great!!!

hugs,
DD

Seth said...

Sensational images!

RosieK said...

Wonderful images - dream on!!!

ArtPropelled said...

I'm intrigued! Don't keep us waiting too long to see what you are doing. No pressure :-)

Barry said...

MB- good to have creative dreams. Love the detail and texture of the images. B

Sill Scaroni Photography said...

A blog full of creativity and art, I really liked.
Sill