Elizabeth Alexander came to speak to us today. And that's what I felt she did...speak to us...instead of speaking with us. She seemed like she had avery hard time explaining her work. And when she did explain it...it was jumbled, and her iinspirations were always the same. I got tired of seeing tiny drawers. Drawers that you could barely fit a paperclip into. Drawers that did not need to be there. To me they weren't functional, like they were forced. The antithesis of economy. I don't know if it was me, but after a couple of pieces, all of her work started to look very similar. I think it was the medium and the form. And how she locks herself into doing sculptures promarily at one scale. (3.5 ft tall). I did grab and hang on to a couple of things that she said. And they really made sense. And I will list these for anyone else to think about.
Why do we do things?
Who are we making art for?
It is always important to keep making. Not every piece is going to be a masterpiece.
Where is your attachment?
If you aren't in the mood to do something, then do something else different.
I have thought about these things a number times throughout my creative processes. Especially who am I making this for. When I studied architecture, I made things for other people. I missed making things for myself. That's why I changed my major. I consider all of my pieces great because they mean something to me, not because someone else tells me that they are great or terrible. I do things for me. I do things because I have foudn some inspiration. My attachment is to the inspiration. To the idea that I am physically expressing. To the thoughts, the emotions, the big piece of me that I put and leave in my work fro all to see and feel.
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