I'm concerned with the social content of my work. I'm socially analytical, all day long. But, I feel like I get in the studio and all that is not applicable any more. I wish I made art that laid the groundwork of social change, but I just wrap things in yarn. No revolt here. I know significance can't be forced, and I'm not interested in claiming that something is there when its not. Can you just have subconscious concerns and then make work and hope that the two manifest through each other? Even the material ties that my work has with Feminist history seems shallow because it only comments on the history, or only comments on art. I just want to make smart work. I want to make something that's relevant. I've had one to one crits with the wonderfully wise teachers in my life and they have assured me something is there. As long as we're apart of this human experience the things we create will have some social context, right? I guess sometimes you have to look harder to find it. I got to stop being so Vanilla....
I haven't started anything new this week. I haven't finished anything either. I've just been bouncing around. Yesterday, I was in my studio for about six hours. I think I worked on five different pieces. I started knitting the other day. Mainly making weird little mis-match headpieces and a sweatband. Maybe it I'll make some art eventually. Knitting is so incredibly time consuming.
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