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sweet muck of the experiments of being alive
Hi friend, how do we stay open? Everything is an experiment is a card I wrote for the Okay Oracle deck (although I will say big asterix, this is not my idea alone), and I constantly have to remind my self of the experiments I am in and creating. I know the art I create is often my own medicine or the art i want to see in the world. But whenever this reminder pops up it feels like new information each time. If everything is an experiment there is only information to collect. I am a little scientist doing field work, collecting data on life (I spoke about feeling like a little scientist on Lisa Pfau's podcast a couple weeks ago) .Â
I saw Picassos blue collection a couple weeks ago and was shocked to look at this artists body of work included so much experimentation. Paintings that feel like that come out of left field, vignette's of flowers, cartoons and illustration work taken to pay the bills, and small hints to the cubist work to come. Looking at Pablo Picasso work I see exploration, I see trial and error of experimentation and trying anyway. There is so much pressure as humans to figure it out. To have a style as an artist, to have a defined path as a human and to know what we are "doing with our lives".Â
As I journey into what rest means to me, lack of expectation is what comes up the most. No rules, no end point, just the freedom to move my brush on a page as needed. Could the experiment of creativity be a place of rest? Much to explore.Â
How do I find exploration? What space is needed to just try? To move in ways that have no expectations? To find the experiment in everything?
everything is an experiment
BED PEACE aka My pal Maya aka purveyor of the softest things ur sacred bits will adornÂ
Making something even when you're scared / last Okay Hang of the year is Dec 23rd @ 7pmÂ
Jacqueline's journey into doing nothing - an incredible experiment I am so excited to unfold
This experiment I am really exited for ARTISTS WAY BOOK STUDY STARTS JAN 8TH!Â
big blessings for experiments
xx
phoebe
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