01.13.08
Happy Accidents
Happy accidents? Unforseeable synchronicity that happens from time to time when I try to make art. A confluence of factors - a dash of creativity, a pinch of technique, a spritzing of awareness - come together to create a piece of art that somehow comes together to create a whole that seems to be more than the sum of its parts.
There seems to be a correlation between the rate of happy accidents and the psychic energy I devote to making art. The more energy, the more happiness. The relation does not seem to be linear, and it certainly isn’t predictable. (What kind of accidents would they be if I could predict them?) I welcome happy accidents, but they reveal what an abiding gulf there is between my technical prowess - my ability to execute - and my vision. They even reveal a certain poverty in my vision. If I can create these images - or simply be in the right posture and attitude to create the opportunity for me to receive them - then the standard to which I currently aspire is too shallow.