April 17, 2009

 1) We looked at the chair project, round two, Evil Twin. With this week's chair sitting next to a photo of the previous chair, each person described the ways that their work on the second chair exhibited strongly lateral thinking.

We also looked at the flotsam and jetsam projects.

We watched a film called Edward James, Builder of Dreams. This showed the surrealist sculpture garden he built in Mexico. In "Las Posas," he built his own creative sanctuary on earth.

After the break, we did a guided visualization exercise, called "creating your inner sanctuary."

Next, we talked about things that kill individual creativity, and we discussed our own individual needs for the things that nurture our creativity.

Next week, the chair project-round three, is due. The goal for this piece is to be radically different than both chair one, and chair two. The chair might evolve in a way that makes it the perfect chair for your inner sanctuary.

Also due next week, are the sketchbooks. I provided a list of items that should be included.

There was also a short reading hand-out, called "Confused Mind," and I asked that some of the concepts from reading be related to the process of working on the chair, round three.