A Meditation in Clay

As I draw down the clay, I am not critical of how the line moves and changes; acting only as a passive observer I watch the evolution of the lines on the canvas. For the brief period of the task there are no outside disturbances or distracting thoughts, only the clay, and only the line.

March 1, 2016 Uncategorized

Patrick Letschka says:

March 4, 2016 at 1:36 pm

well done for setting up a pretty impressive blogsite Zak. Just a few notes from our tutorial,
you had a good idea for your research trip – experiencing the vibration bath including interviews and discussions with practitioners of meditation. Use an audio recorder to speak your thoughts into between meditations and respond in a direct way. Also consider setting up a visit to the Hove Buddhist center to interview the monk who draws and paints on the Buddha figures, or in fact anyone who will give you time – but do prepare your questions and see if you can shape a purpose for the interviews.
Performative Research
Again, put yourself in a position where you have surrounded yourself with materials – like drawing media, different types of paper – Jot down different types of drawing processes before hand – blind drawing, non dominant hand – so in some ways it limits your choice during the time period but still allows you to plan ahead and then mix and match.
You thought about using ambient sounds or sound scapes. Brian Eno created an app called ‘scape’ which allows you to make up your own sound scapes from a menu.
http://www.generativemusic.com/
you may need to buy this so try and find a free equivalent.
Keep an eye on uploading the event in timed chunks or snippets. and bon chance!

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