Scraps, Bits and Pieces as Source
Wednesday, June 4th, 2008
Last week I wrote about inspiration. It’s always there, and finding it takes looking around at our surroundings with fresh eyes. Whether it be the urban grit of a city, the organic forms of nature, or whatever it may be that catches your fancy, it’s there for us to tap into at any given time.
I’m always on the lookout for the simple, unsophisticated details of life. I am often drawn to the elements that most people will overlook. I collect them through photographic documentation or by physically gathering any interesting objects I find.
I’m in the studio this week, sorting through these found treasures and scanning them for future use. Each object is attached with a memory, the place it was found, the weather on the day I collected it, the people I was with, etc. Each discarded scrap that I saved holds the hidden story of it’s past life now tied together with my new relationship to it.
