studio notes - welcome

I have been craving a space where I can share what is unfinished. It can feel too vulnerable to share works in progress in spaces that are more for broad public consumption. I keep thinking about the early days of social media like live journal crossed with something in the moment like field notes.

what I like about sharing:

• accountability-knowing someone else might be interested keeps me engaged in my research and making.

• perspective shift-thinking about explaining an idea to someone else helps me understand it more clearly myself.

• community-studio days can be quiet, peaceful, and sometimes lonely. Sharing here is a reminder that there are other makers reading, thinking, experimenting, and asking questions in their own studios too.

what I could share here:

• book/article/documentary notes and summaries

• sketches

• images

• questions i'm wrestling with

• samples and experiments

• ideas that may never become finished work

• progress on larger projects

More than anything, I hope this becomes a place where ideas can build on one another over time. I’m also hopeful to catch the ideas and connections that are almost impossible to see in a single moment but become visible when you look back at months or years of documentation.

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-charity