Is This Thing On?
Or how I make art because of struggling with words, yet still feel like writing
As you see up there, words are not my forte. I've never had a blog or even had much of any written content outside of school homework throughout my life, but boy do I feel good when I manage to solve this weird semantic puzzle of translating something into text. It feels like a true achievement and while it may be strange and convoluted at times, I still can see whatever was that I had in mind when approaching the keyboard or pen in the way it “should” be. It is a sense of sharing, of openness and connection that has been a lifelong sensitive point in my own way of being. Feeling like I want to express myself and communicate but often experiencing it as a step too far from my comfort zone. Hence why this text starts with such a personal and vulnerable approach. I want this to be a place where it doesn't matter if the words, sentences and paragraphs feel silly after hours of overthinking, but a place where, much like what happened to my art practice, my relationship with language becomes healthier and friendlier.
What will I write about, you may ask. The answer really is mostly anything, but subjects that are dear to my art research like language and time, other topics that move me at the moment, thoughts about things pertaining to the art world, NFTs, cool books or films, artists that are around and that I find interesting, or maybe just ramble on in some awkward stream of consciousness like this first post. Don't necessarily expect a perfectly regular schedule of stuff here, but my intentions are to publish something at least once every two weeks or so. As I said this demands a lot more energy than it looks, so bear with me lol.
Hope to be here again soon, and if you made this far, thanks for reading!