The NYT asked artists what they were doing doing this recession. Most are doing whatever to hang on, sales are down, to say the least. Most said they were using the time to be creative and explore, because they aren’t trying to please anyone but themselves. People gush about “talent” when I say I’m an artist. Maybe the word should be “compulsion”. Creators need to create.
This is on the reverse of “A Good Marriage”. I had thought of doing a theme called “Not a Good Marriage” with poison ivy climbing the corner between the two walls. But I think about this in any setting besides my studio, and I want it to be positive. What about a rock wall is positive, I can’t say, yet, but I’ll think of something. Most of all I want to give myself permission to go very abstract. This is the beginning, the skeleton. I’m betting the fleshed out piece will be quite different. Happy 22, the twenty second of every month is my lucky day.