Karen Sullivan wrote:
Your list is somehow grounded in
>language and I for some reason respond more
>to the vocabulary of the material of clay.
>
>I think I also work more intuitively and
>after the work is completed develop the language
>to explain what happened. So it is a process
>that is directly in reverse from the sources
>for ideas you listed.
You bring up a good point. The idea is not to pick a topic off the list and make art about it. Instead, use the ideas that come unbidden into your mind. Make some stuff, look at it, and try to figure out what is behind the images, and then shape it into a series of related works. Once you make a few pieces, you start responding to what you have made as well as what you have imagined, and things that happen in the process of making will influence what comes next. It's cool to watch the whole thing evolve as you work on a series.
Working intuitively is really really important, and thanks for the reminder. For someone just starting out working with images (as opposed to functional concerns), though, maybe something on the list will particularly attract you and help you get you started.
Martha Rosenfeld
