Diving In

In the first few weeks we were confronted with the new. We were asked to make something from a mismatched pile of images. To bridge gaps and make connections through imagery. There was a lot of thinking, a lot of pondering a lot of blind action and spontaneous "making". Personally, I found this at once exciting and frustrating. What was I supposed to...do exactly? After some sitting and pondering I thought, oh well, i'll just see where it takes me. After all, with no instruction, who can really judge the outcome? With little concrete direction I dove right in and saw what could come of dripping some paint on a picture of a vase of flowers, of ripping, cutting, stretching and mark making. It just got crazier from there. Working in a truly uninhibited fashion is far more challenging then I could ever have anticipated.