new ways of thinking and working - studio update - been a long while


So I have started this new project that I would like to see get really large, at least 6 x 8 feet or something crazy like that. I am curious to see how size can affect and transcend the medium of crochet. I think this is an important thing for me to explore right now. And this is a repeated idea I start with, it goes something like "I want it to be big." But I have never realized (until now) why I want it to be big or why big could be important to the work. And so it goes, without meaning, I always burn out and finish/quit around the 3 foot mark. Because, most likely, crocheting is tedious and time consuming and 3 feet can take 3 months. And without full understanding of what I am doing there is no point in continuing anyway.

So I'm trying something new.

Working on the new project I am accepting that it's going to take a long time and I am doing something I have never done before: I am pacing myself so as not to burn out.

Normally once there is something I'm working on, it is the only thing I can see or think about, I become obsessed. But not this time. I have set up rules about not working for too many hours in one day. And I'm still drawing and reading and getting out and not just holing up in the studio for days on end with a crochet hook in my hand. So I might be a little less productive than I used to be, but I'm all the more excited about reaching my goal because I am still not yet sick of the project. Wish me luck.