Thursday

Today I am working on the JCP for the last time before I give it back to my Collaborator. I will not see it again until the opening reception on July 5th. I am sad that the project will soon be over, I've grown quietly attached to the piece as it has transformed. I have also grown attached to my silent relationship with my Collaborator. Whenever I returned the piece to the gallery I was giving up control, but my Collaborator has been amazing, pushing me in ways previously unexperienced, and I have grown to trust and love him/her...without any contact ever. I have embraced the project and I have learned a lot. I can't ask for more.

I am taking a break and the piece is in front of me right now. I feel that a good art piece takes on a life of its own. As it becomes more and more realized it begins to tell its own story and ask certain things of its artist. A good artist will let go, listen, and respond.

Last night I saw a band called VOICEsVOICEs and they were unlike anything I've ever seen before. I am photographing them at The Smell on Friday and you should come.

I am growing fond of Echo Park.

It is hard trying to keep up with everything.