Organization as a Ritual and Rite of Passage

After creating “Solace” in early 2013, I began zeroing in on my identity as an artist with greater speed and intention. In September of that year, I agreed to make a piece of art for a friend who had done some plumbing work in my home and wanted artwork in exchange. Upon making the proposition, I almost told him ‘no’ out of fear (yet again) that I wouldn’t be able to come up with something worthwhile, but then I quickly agreed to it. After all, I had been making artwork that doubled as greeting cards that people seemed to enjoy, so what was to stop me from embarking on this? I knew that if I didn’t jump off of a cliff, artistically, then I would never know how far I could make it. So, I met with him one evening for an “interview” to ask him questions about his likes and dislikes in terms of colors, patterns, and composition, and from there I began my several-month-long journey to come up with a composition and to find elements to make up said composition.

During the few years leading up to this point, I had amassed quite a collection of catalogues with images that I held onto for use in artwork. As I set out on my quest to gather images for this specific piece, I said to myself that if I wanted to take all of this seriously, I would need to organize my material so as to have it on hand at a moment’s notice. {click to continue reading}

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