Over the summer, there was an exercise. Pick a verb from a list composed by Richard Serra, and manipulate some sheets of A4 printer paper in the manner of that verb.
So today, for the beginning of my second adventure in University, we do so again, only with a tad more guiding. To whit: Pick a new word from the verb list, find new ways of manipulating. No outside materials, just folding, tearing, curving and so on. I think 2D, painter and all that, so I'm trying, as I did over the summer, to not make flat pieces. Shame the most effective one was 2D.
My 3D work lack structural integrity, I'm not so good at making things stay upright. There must be a way of mixing 2 and 3D.
I don't think I'm overthinking too much yet, more getting carried away with just making. I found myself just manipulating the paper, making what looked and felt good to make, without any thought to how it related to the base verb.
The problem there, of course, is that in pulling back and reconsidering the verb, you do start thinking maybe a tad too much. In my case, pulled out of the moment and then staring at the construction and wondering what the hell I'm doing.
Not helped of course by having to drop out for an hour or so in the middle of everything. I feel I was very much distracted by my counselling. I couldn't really shake the negativity for the rest of the afternoon. I'm still feeling somewhat of an 'otherness', like I don't fit in. We shall see how it goes.
