14.6.11

Watershed.

Exhausting the possibilities is fun.
Every once in a while i put out a bit of the dictionary from the ongoing work Lonnie + I are building. Here i go again.
 
ready-fire-aim; The ability to start before you are altogether ready in order to initiate a beginning.

perfection; Something that needn’t be determined in a concrete way. Something met w/ that is distracting.

orphan / widow;
A word left alone, set at the top of the page on a line by itself. Lonely, confused + about to jump off.  A typography term.

dance; Code word for big argument about to happen over here. -e.g. I’m cutting in on this one. I will take this dance.

mock-up; A quickly built idea in 3D to see if it is a feasible design.

mustard & shrimp; A color story.

working designer, a working artist – + in order to keep the working part of the title in the equation an artist must work. A lot. That means there is little time for the stars to align + the majestic creative muse to descend w/ gifts of glorious expressions of great art. No, it is more like hurling yourself into the creative flux at a moment’s notice. It is necessary to turn on creativity at almost anytime + produce work.

sticks; A gimmick learned for the Hong Kong episode. This skit had been organized + rehearsed numerous times, but whenever we were called upon to perform the ditty it seemed always to be changed into something none of us had ever heard of. -e.g. An inner circle joke became to compose a bewildering look in a confusing situation and ask, Sticks?

scope creep; What happens when a project grows in scope silently + uncontrollably.

left field; A proverbial place that you end up preceded by either putting your foot in your mouth, failing to impress a peer, or not paying attention to what is going on at the board meeting. -e.g. It’s a hit! The idea ball is floating over into left field + everyone at the table is scrambling after, trying to figure it out.

-Lonnie falling during the 1535 days.

5 comments:

  1. like that definition of working artist for sure...

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  2. Scope creep...love it. Fantastic header, too! Hope you're enjoying the summer.
    Catherine

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  3. Well. I don't know if I can leave a piece of my mind; I have so little to spare! Did I say that before? (See what I mean?)
    Your definition for working artist is right on the mark, especially the part about "hurling yourself into the creative flux." And the one for left field is even better; I know because I live there.

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  4. i think that definition of making art is true and also speaks to me being so lazy as to be impossibly good, no? ;) and the "color story" ..

    thanks for your recent comment over at my place, very appreciated and kind of you... thought i would wander by and see what you are up to, it's always more interesting than over at my place! about all that's growing there are the weeds and crows. oh-love your header!! xxx

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  5. Still falling, wondering if I will land

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