There's always so much to do- so many action items left waiting and waiting. Most of the time I don't really feel bad at all. Now and then I look at the mountain of rocks that cover the platform originally intended for a model and wish that there was more open space instead of clutter as far as the eye can see. Actually it is like a healthy reef, almost every square centimeter of surface is covered with something- raw materials, rocks from the beach or mountains, driftwood, branches of trees, shells, various kinds of art explorations on paper, paint, brushes, chisels, and many other tools. Why is the car battery charger in the living room?
In the last Great Rearrangement (there have been two) the couch was moved into the dining room area off of the kitchen so that I could talk with guests or just comfortably hang there while cooking. If I am elsewhere and working, I sometimes tend to forget about and burn my edible creations. But even that space is closing in. We have to go the the recycling center. For three or fours days we have been saying that we would, tomorrow.
I have cut way back on collecting things. I still do it, but not nearly as much. I just have a lot from before Kia got married. I literally have thousands of small left over beach rocks left over. These were the ones which were good, but not good enough for that particular purpose or were great but didn't fit the parameters of that project. And there are some people who still bring me things and I feel obligated to keep and make use of them. It is part of the Alchemy Fine Art and Design philosophy. When something with potential crosses my path I need to try to make use of it. When that will happen is open, but it is added to the list.
I do have to say that I haven't made the most of my time. I have been vegging quite a bit. It is technically only the second day of my Summer vacation from school/work- my teaching job, but part of what has been building up is a desire to clean up and rearrange things here, so that I can use the space more effectively. The truth is I am drowning in my own treasures and there's not even enough room to work on most of the stuff.
Well, we will see. Perhaps I will report back.
About Me
- Craig
- Most who follow me on Instagram know me as a minimalist photographer and poet, with occassionally longer written pieces. Deep down I am a plaster and stone sculptor,who worked in bronze for a few years as well, but now I have neither the time or work space for that. Digital editing in my most frequent form of meditaion. In my last year of teaching, I made several short videos for kids. Now I am preparing video content for other teachers as well as English Language Learners. The Lenses through which I focus most of my creative energies are called Pirate School Theatre and Spanglish Underground. My work is play, but all that messing about leads to quite a bit of real learning... but in a different way that you are probably used to :-)))
