It’s late. And here’s a list.

Tuesday, June 25, 2024 [11:19 PM]

It’s late. But I’ve wanted to write an update for a few days now, and I keep getting overwhelmed with what to write. It feels like I have a lot of updates. And when I sit down to organize them it feels like none at all.

Here’s a timeline of the tangible things i can quantify:

May 15 - I bought a stack of magazines to find material to collage with.
May 20 - my magazine order was delivered
May 25 - I began flipping through the magazines and clipping sections that interested me.
May 25 - I put together an idea for two collages.
June 18 - I scanned in my collages and completed two of them.
June 20 - I flipped through one of my color books to highlight some palettes to work from.
June 22 - I started playing around with more collage ideas.
June 24 - I scanned and completed another collage.

It seems straightforward — and like I can see the through line between inspiration, ideas, sketching, and creating. But I’m filled with so many questions. The good questions. The questions that assure me I’m present. That I can embrace openness.

Here is a list of my unanswered questions:

What do I want to do with these collages?
Do I need to answer that question?
Do I need to do anything with them?
Do they need a purpose?
Can they exist as something I made?
Do I want to share them?
Can I make them into prints?