Still stenciling, wishing that I had a larger cutting mat to use than my little a4 version. But I like doing it, my idea is a bit limiting but I think I need to see it through rather than doing my habitual mutation of an idea halfway through because I've gone past it in my head. That feedback loop has historically simply killed projects midway through for me, rather than creating better work. One of my favorite mentors used to repeatedly remind me that every work is a point on the finite line of work you will produce in your lifetime, but each work has its lessons that can only be learned by seeing the process through.
Tonight I'm listening to Maschinengeist.org whilst working.
Working with this image and thinking those thoughts confronts me with how limited time itself is. The time we have to ourselves, the time we have to spend with people, to work, to make, to dream...there is only a given quantity.
I hate television. What an intellectual holding pattern.
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What great insights regarding following through on ideas. I am going to put "work is a point on the finite line of work you will produce in your lifetime, but each work has its lessons that can only be learned by seeing the process through" somewhere that I can see it every day.
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