Story Time

 As I would sit with my Grandfather he taught me to break things down to their simplest form and build them back up. 

I've always looked at shapes as a wonderful foundation and the process of working with them as symbols too with greater meaning. The triangle, has a wonderful meaning of ideas and goals.   

A great book to learn about them is Signs of Life . 

So my foundation was laid out for me so long ago. To learning about process and putting things back together. As I look back now it's a place that I can fix things, though be it only with paper and glue it's  become a very loving and comforting process I wouldn't ever leave behind.  

 

As I continue my journey with paper, glue and scissors the thought about creating a problem to be solved is really strong with learning about composition. Who wants to create a problem, don't we have enough problems?  This is a life journey I take every time I lay out the papers. From a sketchbook to the surface of a wood panel after making the papers in likeness of the magazine papers I chose.

Sometimes the composition I start with is questionable. As you see the collage sketch above. Very dark on one side and lighter on the other. (Asymmetrical in balance) If it was turned to a Horizontal, it might be more pleasing. 

or with the lighter at the top, 

Sometimes the composition I start with is questionable. As you see the collage sketch above. Very dark on one side and lighter on the other. (Asymmetrical in balance) If it was turned to a Horizontal, it might be more pleasing. 

So to challenge myself and see I can work with the collage sketch from the perspective of Vertical composition. Stepping out of comfort, I continued through the workshop with the students. Questioning my choice but also looking for a way to fix it, which has me pulling from so many choices but the final one is how it lays with my own creative heart and soul.

I love design 

and I will never understand it fully,

 that's way I continue 

in the mystery of a good problem 

to be solved with the beauty

 of so many choices. 

And for the Cube Junkies, 

remember this book? 

The Cube  

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