SKETCH 51
EDGE: The outside limit.
I’m exploring edges and boundaries. How do lines interact with them? Do they acknowledge or ignore them? How does the edge change the way I interpret the field? What do I do when I can’t see beyond what I think is the edge?
In today’s drawing I’m experimenting with a predominately black inner field. The stark filling of the void gives it weight. It really dominated how I treated the rest of the boundary. What happens when black becomes the field? What is all this abstraction for anyway?
Living the questions. (R.M. Rilke)
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SKETCH 50
“But since why is difficult to handle, one must take refuge in how.” The Bluest Eye x Toni Morrison
Highs & lows. Whys & hows. I made it to sketch 50 despite this continuous emotional roller coaster of uncertainty. In my highs, I’m more able and willing to explore the question of why - digging deeper to better understand myself. In my lows, I don’t have that same capacity. I simply have to ask my body, how to maintain my practice and just keep going, keep making, keep exploring until I’m full again. I’m also reminded that having the time, space, and perspective to ask why is a privilege.
Architecture Appreciation
For better or for worse, every time I step foot in Berkeley, something’s different: in a constant state of change and fluctuation. There’s so many of these houses scheduled to be demolished or completely moved to a different spot. It’s in the Bay Area that I learned you can buy (or get for free!) an old house without the land or any utilities, just the structure and whatever’s inside. It gets me thinking about what it even means to own a home. In these areas where property values are so high, is the house even worth anything in comparison to the land? I’m not just talking logistically whether the house itself actually has any monetary value, but I question how we value ‘home’. Home is a state of mind that’s developed in our earliest memories from childhood - composed of the house, the land, the neighborhood, the neighbors, the weather, routes to and from. It’s interesting to imagine what happens if the house is lifted up on a truck and moved down the street, to the other end of town, or across the country even. How does the perception of home change when the structure and nature of the house is the same, but everything else is different? I guess all houses are mobile homes.
Southwest Berkeley, CA
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