a past memory

As I sit here in the studio I am attempting to map a creative pathway from here on in. My brain has been scattered with all things creative. I have two works I have been attempting to resolve for a number of weeks. I would like to complete these this week, enabling me to get on with some other 'making'.I have been looking at past works and have realised how serious, important, devestating, ruinous and no laughing matter my fall was four years ago. It has seriously affected my life in every way, including the loss of friends, a shortened concentration span and extremely depressive. Thank Allah that I am able to reflect on that time and make some creative outcomes from the experience. The image above is from the VCA Gallery exhibition Trouble Set Me Free [2010]. This is theWalter van Bierendonck T shirt I was wearing the night of the fall. It had been cut off me pre-surgeryand I have 'remade' it, connecting it back together using the same staples that were used to hold my skull together. I'm attempting to work through the idea of trauma that is not so personally imbued with memory, emotion and contact, without a written descriptive narrative.

influence project #4

text, from all sources, has been a major component of my past work. I favour images that are unexpected particularly odd observations in the public domain.

Katoomba tourist seat dec 31 2011

influence project #3

there are times, usually approaching a tight deadline, where I decide to settle down in front of the screen and have a couple of glasses of red....purely for inspiration! I awake the next morning, turn on the laptop and really have to ask, "who got into my computer and wrote that!!!?". The reverse works with my studio practice. The longer I avoid opening any bottle, I get too involved in making.

random #3

Norman Lindsay lichen: Springwood NSW Monday January 02 2012 - for Jeni