Begin Anywhere

9. Begin anywhere. John Cage tells us that not knowing where to begin is a common form of paralysis. His advice: begin anywhere.

- Bruce Mau, An Incomplete Manifesto for Growth


Things are moving along lately and there are many more I would like to set in motion, so I thought I'd scribble a little something every now and then to record them.

After days of fuckups, I've finally finished my first mould today! It's drying right now and I'm dying to do its first slip cast. The process dried up my hands terribly, well that and the dry winter that Canada gets but it was worth it. I have pictures of it but since I've decided to start this blog on a wimp I don't have my camera with me. I've also got a bowl and a saucer to cast, oooOOOOoo I do hope I'll have enough time to do extras as X'mas presents. Let's see a set for my parents, a set for my boyfriend's parents, a set for each of my two best friends...damn that's a lot of castings. If my concept works out I'm going to use it for the Souvenir Show coming up.

Speaking of hands I can't stop biting my nails, it's come to be quite a nuissance and I can't seem to control it. Whenever I'm being confronted with a complication or pounding out ideas for a brief, the act of biting my nails calms me down and puts me in the thinking mode. A bit like sucking a thumb for a kid. Here lies my problem, I need to attend a reception for the Dutch Delegates next thursday, fake nails or no fake nail. Not long ass hoochies ones of course but nice short french manicured ones so at least my hands look presentable...until they fall out as I shake their hands.