DETAIL of gashu, following todays session.
2:41 PM: the last time I worked on gashu was September 3, the day before the flood in my studio took place. that seems to me like a year ago. since that time it’s been hanging on my studio wall, next to the others in the series that haven’t been brought over to the house and are hanging there. the white squiggle with the red dot you see in that older version, BELOW left, has always bugged me. it catches my eye the first time I look at it in not a good way. it was on it’s way to having an identity, but fell short of being an integral, essential part of the composition.
so this morning I dove back in, and in a matter of moments that entire passage was history. i’m liking it way better now, and we’ll see if I feel the same way in the morning. once again, I get the feeling i’m building on what i’ve already learned in this series, and that what I did today could not have been done last week or last month. at this point, I feel ike taiga and I are in a dance. most of the time, he’s leading. but now, increasingly, I feel myself gently leading in our dance, infusing the energy of our marks with the gestalt of present day.
