The Timeline Project
SMAC Artist Growth grant application - FY24 - Round 1
Samples Relating to the Project
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PROCESS: CREATING A PROJECT
The Ursa and the Animals book is a good example of:
o Some projects wait patiently when life asks me to give energy to other priorities. I began this book in January, 2000, and finished it in May, 2023. o I'm experienced in bookmaking, photography, painting, collage, and letterpress printing. These artforms fit the Timeline Project nicely. |
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PROCESS: THE PHILOSOPHY
I believe good art is made when there is input and output, like breathing. Here's a summary of the thought:
I believe good art is made when there is input and output, like breathing. Here's a summary of the thought:
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PROCESS: PUBLIC PRESENTATION
The Process Project is an example of sharing both the process and the resulting product. I make a daily Instagram post on @dontdoubtyourhorses of when I'm just about to start journaling, in whatever environment I happen to be in. The photos de-emphasize anything that might seem exciting about writing, but instead point to its rather dull diligence. Posting also acts as a handy self-accountability tool for keeping me on track with my daily journaling.
For the Process Project, I'm not interested in the social media purpose of Instagram. Although I do want to reach people, that aspect is not in this project's goal set. Instead, I use Instagram as a sort of tool or canvas. If there's an unsought -- but not unintentional! -- social media side effect, it might be that the posts are inspirational for people who want to attempt a daily writing practice (or drawing, or pottery, or dance, etc.).
The Process Project is an example of sharing both the process and the resulting product. I make a daily Instagram post on @dontdoubtyourhorses of when I'm just about to start journaling, in whatever environment I happen to be in. The photos de-emphasize anything that might seem exciting about writing, but instead point to its rather dull diligence. Posting also acts as a handy self-accountability tool for keeping me on track with my daily journaling.
For the Process Project, I'm not interested in the social media purpose of Instagram. Although I do want to reach people, that aspect is not in this project's goal set. Instead, I use Instagram as a sort of tool or canvas. If there's an unsought -- but not unintentional! -- social media side effect, it might be that the posts are inspirational for people who want to attempt a daily writing practice (or drawing, or pottery, or dance, etc.).
THE TIMELINE PROJECT: AN ONGOING PROCESS
The Timeline Project began as an effort to help my adult children heal from their childhood traumas while helping them to also see the abundance of joy in their lives. As I really dug in, it became apparent that this project was much more than just a collection of info and anecdotes.
The project began in 2016, but it stalled and fell when I hit a wall of overwhelming emotional content. The project resumed in 2020 but I hit the wall again.
At the end of 2021 an art exhibition gave rebirth to this project. The duo exhibition at Hutchinson Center for the Arts, entitled "Inner Selfie / Outer Selfie," included an assemblage I made for the show in order to complete a conceptual triptych.
The assemblage consisted of boxed journals on the floor, a curving line of writing that wrapped around the corner of a wall into the unknown. From a gallery visitor's perspective, the line would have to be followed in order to see how it looked behind the wall.
By creating something physical I began imagining how the Timeline Project could have a public presentation element. This element had not yet occurred to me, and it got me excited about resuming the project. By the time summer 2024 rolls around, I will have attended to my other artistic commitments. I foresee there will be time for immersing myself in the past to bring something to the present and future that might possibly be helpful, healing, and aesthetically interesting.
The Timeline Project began as an effort to help my adult children heal from their childhood traumas while helping them to also see the abundance of joy in their lives. As I really dug in, it became apparent that this project was much more than just a collection of info and anecdotes.
The project began in 2016, but it stalled and fell when I hit a wall of overwhelming emotional content. The project resumed in 2020 but I hit the wall again.
At the end of 2021 an art exhibition gave rebirth to this project. The duo exhibition at Hutchinson Center for the Arts, entitled "Inner Selfie / Outer Selfie," included an assemblage I made for the show in order to complete a conceptual triptych.
The assemblage consisted of boxed journals on the floor, a curving line of writing that wrapped around the corner of a wall into the unknown. From a gallery visitor's perspective, the line would have to be followed in order to see how it looked behind the wall.
By creating something physical I began imagining how the Timeline Project could have a public presentation element. This element had not yet occurred to me, and it got me excited about resuming the project. By the time summer 2024 rolls around, I will have attended to my other artistic commitments. I foresee there will be time for immersing myself in the past to bring something to the present and future that might possibly be helpful, healing, and aesthetically interesting.
"Timeline," part of a conceptual triptych at Hutchinson Center for the Arts.
Nearly 40 years of journals await.
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Earlier this year I tested out a peaceful, secluded place to immerse myself in a writing project and give myself recovery time before returning to daily life. River Red was my helper.
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