Collaborating with Marie Wintzer (Japan)
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MoJo Studio - Wednesday and Thursday
Its Thursday morning - a whole WEEK later! I have a lot of tidying up to do in the Studio before participants arrive...It's supposed to be my CLEAN teaching studio as opposed to the painting studio, but its such a creative space that work SNEAKS in and demands attention!!! I have 9 exciting projects on the go, so I'm taking over every available surface I can... Wednesday last week - MUCH better!!!!!
Tuesday Morning MoJo at Studio 33
Catherine - thank you for letting us into your beautiful space - all 9 of us!We have a wonderful core group (#4) of MoJoians - the results of the first class of Module 1 were SO creative.
Module 2, Week 4
So! things got a little more complicated as each participant worked through their understanding of WHY and HOW I was using language as the subject matter in visual, creative studies, and what the relevance - if any of what such usage was. We had a very fruitful discussion on the value of language in all its various forms as being the most accessible point of cultural entry and a very relevant departure point for creativity. Unlike, for example, a module dealing with landscape, or portraiture, language (the written word/prose/poetry/the letters of the alphabet/units/symbols/concepts/etc) can be adjusted/manipulated/built up or destroyed and remade more than any subject matter a creative person wishes to access. Janina called my history lesson a 'skid' as I attempted to situate current visual poetry in a historic setting. I liked that :-) - 5 weeks to attempt a subject this broard, even at lightning speed, is just, well...impossible. Janina At this junct...