Leah's week ten

One thing I have found out this week: I do my best work in the few minutes after class has finished. On Tuesday, after doing spending all day taking apart a pomegranate and trying to see how it was organized, I had my talk with John. At the very end of talking, he told me to try pressing the beats into paper instead of chopping them up and making dye. So after class I experimented with this for a few minutes (which turned into an hour and a half). The results were INCREDIBLE! You can clearly see the veins in the beat leaves, and I pressed a whole beat as well. I discovered that a rolling pin works well, and fabric actually works better than paper. I'm now playing around with embroidering them.

On Thursday, it was proved yet again that my best work is done after class. I had been putzing around all day, rather slowing, (but I was enjoying it!). Then when Regan told me to hang up everything I considered a drawing, I quickly went through my pile of grounds, and stuck my stickers down. 70% of my work was done in ten minutes.

I'm really trying to keep drawing and theme sequence separate for now, because I think I'll be more productive if I do two projects. It's working right now.

High for this week: beating beats.
Low for this week: trying to make a mold for my little saints, but it definitely didn't work, and I realized why I had shown off plaster in 3D. Such a mess! (and I'm not afraid of messes.)

Also: I discovered that I'm a post-postmodernist this week, and here's a website that people might be interested in.