[MD] sideways drifting

[Margaret Warren]

Marsha,

Sorry it has taken me a while to get back to you
on this. 

I'm very intrigued (and impressed, actually)
at the 'taking them to the Goodwill' part. 

In fact, I've been mulling over this for the past 
few weeks. 

The process of being able to completely let go
of the work. This is something. 
What a fantastic concept. 

It's really funny, somebody told me not 6 months
ago what a fantastic piece of art they found at the
Goodwill and I even heard someone mention 
that an artist we both know (who sells her work
regularly) saw one of her own pieces at the Goodwill
(I guess it was a bit of a shock for her at the
time). 

Yes (about collage). I do work with it some. 
I work in different mediums - watercolor,
pen & ink, layering, deconstructing. 
Lately, I've been mostly interested in using 
collage and assemblage to create 
sculptural still-lifes that I then
photograph, using the light as a pen 
in a way. The photographic process
is really the main mechanism for 
the communication. 

I don't work at mass producing work for the
purpose of selling as much as I can for a profit,
but the way I think of it is that I enjoy 
being able to spend as much time making money
in ways that I find enjoyable - so if I can 
sell the work that I'm really inspired to create,
then it buys me more time to do more of the same. 

Since I'm not wealthy, I have to pay the bills
somehow. 
 
Being self-employed doing computer 
services (networking, repair, support, etc.)
and artwork, I try to buy as much
of my own free time as possible so that
I can create more art and spend as much time
as possible with friends and working on 
special projects (that may or may not
be profitable) that I find important.

I could spend a lot more time at the consulting
and make a much bigger profit and not do as much
art.

Instead I try to strike a balance that generally 
leaves me just a razor's edge (or a disabilty) 
away from being homeless. I make just what I need...
and actually, I do get to spend a lot of my time
at the art. 

To me, art, work and friends 
are all one and the same. I cannot separate 
any of them into different boxes. I am fortunate
that I enjoy every one of my computer clients
very much. I'm fortunate that I get work from 
word of mouth and networking and much of it 
involves creative thought and I almost never
have to spend a moment being around anyone with
whom I don't get along. 

This freedom is why I enjoy trying to sell
my artwork. 

BUT, I also wrangle with the
notion that I can just 'let go of it',
in the sense that you do - just be into the process
of it and not always thinking about how I can
make my next creative endeavor pay the cable bill. 

Thanks for the VERY thought provoking stimulus.


Margaret




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[mailto:moq_discuss-bounces at moqtalk.org] On Behalf Of MarshaV
Sent: Sunday, May 07, 2006 1:39 AM
To: moq_discuss at moqtalk.org
Subject: Re: [MD] sideways drifting



Hi Margaret,

My paintings are not available to see online, and 
I don't show them.  I paint them and then forget 
about them.  I'm enamored by the painting 
process, rather than the paintings.  That is just 
the way it works for me.  I've given some 
away.  Occasionally I take a bunch to the 
Goodwill to make room for more.  Whether they are 
then hung as is, or painted over is not my concern.

I do seem to connect with the Divine Feminine 
(archetypically speaking) when I paint.  Her 
attributes are sorely needed in this patriarchal 
culture.  Some seem to be symbolic, but others 
don't.  But really, I just paint.

I remember seeing your art, and it was 
wonderful.  Do you collage?  That was my favorite 
art form, but I haven't made one in a very long time.

Marsha



At 04:38 PM 5/6/2006, Margaret wrote:

>also, Marsha...is there some place where
>we could see the painting of the three women knitting?
>
>perhaps you answered this in an earlier post and
>I've missed it - are the three women related?
>I thought of the blood red yarn as a symbolic of
>a blood-line...something about them (as women)
>reproducing life - also the whole female
>reproductive system in general - the full moon, etc.
>
>I'm also thinking of the yarn going out the window
>into infinite space as something like the fantastic
>realism found some in Latin American writing (as
>in Like Water for Chocolate - Como Agua para Chocolaté;
>the blanket extends out down the street and around the
>block into infinity).
>
>I'd love to see your painting.
>It sounds beautiful and very symbolic -
>
>mm

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