Tuesday 29 November 2011

Classification is fascinating



A while ago, Mr. shaj mohan said that my work was always about taking something away. I wasn't sure what he meant, but just this week I think I might be getting an idea. My work is always a focus or close up on something, with an interest in transforming what that thing is a little, making it look a bit like it's not the thing that it is. I can see now, that the taking away, could be about removing the means of identification that would give it its normal identity. 


I've been thinking a lot about being a relativist, that I don't think things are essentially themselves. They always require a relationship or context in order for us to define them. 


I like the contrast in the lower picture here - the purple sky and dark branches, with the gold branches below.



Sunday 27 November 2011

Life is a series of adjustments to the present



mewet



mute (adj.) Look up mute at Dictionary.com
late 14c., mewet "silent," from O.Fr. muet, dim. of mut, mo, from L. mutus "silent, dumb," probably from imitative base *mu- (cf. Skt. mukah "dumb," Gk. myein "to be shut," of the mouth). Assimilated in form in 16c. to L. mutus. The verb is first attested 1861. Related: Muted; muting. Musical noun sense first recorded 1811, of stringed instruments, 1841, of horns.

Wednesday 23 November 2011