1/7/20 gouache/collage 19 3/4 x 9 1/2”
1:59 PM: my shoulder injury has had a number of immediate effects upon my daily life. it’s slowly sinking in that I simply have to rest my shoulder and avoid any stress to it at all costs. onset of pain lets me know i’ve gone too far, and so, like an orchestra conductor, lets me know when to play più piano.
since that point last week, I have shifted my focus here in the studio to smaller works in gouache, colored pencil & crayon with collage on paper. todays piece is 19 3/4 x 9 1/2” like the previous two or three, it riffs on the rocks & water & motion series, and is influenced by the most recent sound of a flute series. the white of the paper is allowed to play a role in the composition equal to the drawn & collaged elements. in some cases that white space is dictated by a few printouts of photographs of the snowy creek, where the snow & ice create shapes that interact with the water & rocks.
and now for our afternoon walk up to tashi gomang stupa.
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