Some thoughts to get our creativity flowing

Random words taken from Sketchbook with Voices.

Do your own work but use someone else's clothes. - Cindy Sherman

I want to speak and hear impertinent questions and rude comments. I want to be on the side of surprise and against the certainties of pictures and property. - Barbara Kruger

We are obliged to steal pieces of language, both visual and textual. - Barbara Kruger

Each material has its own inherent scale. Art's an identification process and a language. Decide on a specific kind of material and a specific way of developing the idea. Then develop it until you are bored. - Lynda Benglis

Here is what's coming to Toronto

This is the nutty way I'm embroidering on the knit. It is taking a little bit longr than I thought. I am using this old machine I have and am trying to get the line to look drawn. Just wanted to show you.

Looks like yesterday

The difference is most of the pieces have been attached.

Still moving towards the embroidery.

Could you deal with getting something like this?

I am working on sewing these together and adding embroidered imagery.

Working on the panels

I'm feeling creative

I've been thinking and thinking about the interaction of the two approaches to work and I'm excited about an idea that I have to embroidery some imagery on to panels of the knitted images. I'm going to try to develop some images that relate to the puzzle images.

Fingers are crossed we'll see what happens.

I've got some panels knitted and am planning on piecing them together (like a quilt) and then going back and working them before they get sent to Canada.

That's today's optimism