Field Notes | The blurring of art, text + life

Donald Judd “i write...”1

The moment

03 Oct 2019

Though the scent of wet pine needles is afloat and the falls just out of sight thrum the air with soothing rhythms and the birds morning song catches and rides above the thrum, my mind drifts snagged up inwardly and...

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Being scientist (or artist) is not necessarily an indicator of creativity nor smarts

19 Jul 2019

Quote, research

kathy

artist quotes, research, writings

“In contrast to the popular conception supported by newspapers and mothers of scientists, a goodly number of scientists are not only narrow-minded and dull, but also just stupid.” — James Watson of Watson and Crick. Bahahahaha!0

James Bridle [why artists write–when we write, we reconfigure the world.]

18 Jul 2019

artist quote, artist writings, artists, research

kathy

artist quotes, research

I got a Master’s degree in Computer Science by writing language rather than code – I didn’t submit any code in fact, I was terrible at programming. But I could write about it, I understood it, and I understood that...

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Xu Bing [why artists write: a case of transference]

17 Jul 2019

artist, artist writings, Quote, research

kathy

artist quotes, research

Xu Bing 2006 excerpt from An Artist’s View I began working on Book from the Sky at a time when I was constantly in a very anxious and confused mood. This mood was related to the “cultural fever” that was...

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Consequential head scratching

19 Apr 2019

mundane ramblings

kathy

mundane ramblings, writings

[Unproofed/ramble warning]. When the cascade of consequences of incessant people watching and headscratching combines with being artist produces a phd, I find this to be an unexpected perk not predicted by early-life performance. The downside of incessant thinking and questioning...

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Freud cracks me up with his wit:: he also discloses the risks of his practice (disclosure:: affect labeling in terms of identifying stimuli)

16 Apr 2019

kathy

Quote, writings

Freud in his introductory lecture series on the psychology of errors and psychoanalysis: “…should I find anyone among you who does not feel satisfied with a cursory acquaintance with psychoanalysis, but who would like to enter into a more enduring...

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Unuseful tab-ulation

14 Apr 2019

kathy

writings

You close the text and see what had already been scratching at the back of your mind–your plethora of tab-ulating has rendered them meaningless. It merely became an act of diddling the pages, a form of self pleasuring. Sigh.0

EW: DISCLOSURE/AFFECT

Donald Judd, “Warhol: You have to conclude that things that shit shit, talk shit, and look like shit are shit. Or shit, talk shit, and look like shit are shit or are shit that shit, etc., or are shit that craps, talk shit, and look like shit. Or are craps that shit, talk, crap, and look like shit are shit.”

(Pulled from https://hyperallergic.com/356878/the-artist-as-acerbic-critic-donald-judds-writings/ )

Despite doc diss phase, occasionally i get to work in real space.

wow (she says with mild sarcasm), i converted three pallets into two of a different shape. may seem a bit boring but breaking a wrecking bar, skill saw, sawzaw, and nail gun felt damn good. contemplated the joys of a table saw,...

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Henry Moore: Artist’s concerns about the risks of writing

18 Feb 2019

artist quote, artists writings, intellect-openness, writing liability

kathy

artist quotes, artists’ writings, research, research ramblings

Liabilities associated with writing expressed by sculptor Henry Moore in his own writings (1937). Specifically, he suggests that writing about art and art processes will inherently shift the artist-author social identification from artist to theorist. Of course, despite this concern...

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