Monday, 22 January 2007

A change is as good as a rest

I'm back. I'm back on Track. I'm back and the sun was splitting the trees (see photos from Pretwick to Central journey).
I'm glad to be back, I'm glad to come home, I'm glad that I can see a potential home somewhere else.
But, what I mean is I'm back physically, I'm back on track mentally. The art can start splitting the trees.

Nic gave me some really good advice today.
Sometimes you need to be in the studio groaning.
And sometimes you need to take time out.
Don't be precious about your ideas, just do them as the come to you otherwise you'll loose them or you'll work on them too late and they won't be ready (to standard) for the show. ACTION is the name of the game (my own advice to myself).
If your stuck 1) Ask someone to come in, that'll spur you on or 2) Ask for input, instructions or tasks
Don't label or judge what you you are doing. You are probably making, just not 'performance'. As long as you are doing something...and even if you aren't don't beat yourself up too much about it.

So, INTO aCtIoN!

2 comments:

Helen Cuinn said...

Belgium was the best thing I could have done at this point in time.

Helen Cuinn said...

I have started to explore this Men in Coats persona. The inuit, urban survivalist who feels very small in a very large world. This is a observant, silent character and I think it has much comic possibility. I need to be aware of not sliding into the little girl thing (like Grace pointed out last year). I'll continue to explore and find layers to this. There are a lot of references to be found - men in coats, eskimos, survival jackets (that artist who made shalters out of coats), antartic exploration, 70s parkas (East is East), Gary's music video