Like the April 15, 2017 update, this update is essentially a place from which to navigate to the postings of the previous month.
In addition to the work posted on this website on April 25, 2017 I had a Skype meeting with Andrew Cooks and Roberta Mock. During that meeting we discussed the steps forward as I begin to work on imagining the chapter I will submit next winter for RDC2, the RDC2 process -chapter and report lengths, as well as what, based on what I have been collecting here on this website might become fodder for the chapter. We also discussed the recent postings in the context of written feedback both had provided me via email.
Along with the painting of Petra, Franz and myself I have been focused on reading, some of which has fueled writing I’ve posted, and the beginnings of writings that I have not yet posted. It is my intention to post an updated bibliography to the website prior to June 15. Although I am not posting writing on a daily basis I am still dedicating time each day to write; this seems to be resulting in a number of writings developing at their individual pace, yet often a few reaching the point of posting together.
Thinking ahead to the summer I know there will be an extended period where I am not in the studio, therefore the ‘making-painting’ portion of this research will no longer be the focus. Therefore I am spending as much time as possible on that portion of the research this spring. During the period I am traveling and when I am otherwise unable to get into the studio, meet and work with Franz and Petra, I will focus on the chapter writing. During the writing Melusine will be more present than the other two.
Until then, here are direct links to each of the recent postings.
In Making:
A little madness in the Spring, Part One- part two
A little madness in the Spring, Part Two
A little madness in the Spring, Part Two- part two
A little madness in the Spring, Part Two- part three
A little madness in the Spring, Part Three
A little madness in the Spring, Part Three- part two
Good Witches of the Between, Part Five- Franz’s Intervention
In Studio Writing:
Sara Berman’s Closet @ The Metropolitan Museum of Art
Vygotsky: The Psychology of Art, Part One
The digital continuation of a walking-talking conversation between two painters
Smoothing the edges: an observation
(How) is adult play/creativity different?
Notes on a search of adult play
Roland Barthes on Cy Twombly: play not game
Warm spring night