After discovering I’d been doing action research in
week
3, I thought it would be a good idea to share a bit of this month’s action
research.
I’ve decided that I will start my MA
investigations by looking into bricks. Long story, but everything I create
seems to be either to do with industry (or lack of it) or my identity,
particularly what I (we?) keep in and what I show. So bricks seem to span the
two, so to speak; they can form a barrier, but they also form the built
(industrial) environment.
I had hoped to be able to print from some bricks,
but it didn’t happen that way. However, I did spend a very happy afternoon
experimenting (i.e. action researching) and recording the results in my creative journal, as pictured. I learnt
quite a lot, even if it wasn’t what I expected to learn. This is the best thing
about creative art practice; you start out with an idea and thoughts on how you’re
going to deliver it. The delivery never
works out in the way you expect and
then you go on to deliver something else completely. I also love the way the
experimenting absorbs you completely. An afternoon of fresh air and
mindfulness! What more could any artist want!
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