Equate Project - Lesley’s thoughts so far (April)...
06 April 2009
‘The past few weeks have been quite difficult as I’ve had lots of other commitments. Prior to this though I was getting into something called fractal dimensions (which is a statistic showing how completely a fractal appears to fill a space) but I’m discovering there are many different definitions and I find this quite confusing. I spoke to someone else about it, who questioned me further and then I really needed to back-up my thinking with another chat with Adam. It’s been really, really difficult to coordinate any meeting time though and what with one thing or another those lovely, fresh and exciting ideas I was getting have dissipated. It’s frustrating but we’ve decided the best way around this is to earmark meetings well in advance instead of having the more flexible approach that we agreed on at the start.
Above: extracts taken from Lesley’s sketch book
Another interesting thing that seems to happen is if I talk to others about where I think I’m going (and I’ve done this on a few occasions) they seem to muddle the equation up even more. Sure this isn’t intentional - they are only trying to help me by challenging my thought processes, but is this a good thing? Or should I just try and concentrate on the collaboration with Adam? Is there insufficient room in the relationship for other contributors?
Above: extracts taken from Lesley’s sketch book
Have a trip planned to Cambridge Botanic Gardens next Monday which I’m really looking forward to. Adam’s feeling a bit more apprehensive because there isn’t an official agenda to the day but what I’m looking forward to is seeing how another person sees (if that makes sense).... especially someone who comes from such a different background.
Above: extracts taken from Lesley’s sketch book
Think I’ve realised that we’ve got to start with the visual, rather than the mathematical (which is where we have tended to start from). It makes it much easier to understand; I guess this is to be expected - I am a visual artist after all….‘
Learning points: 1. ‘Go outside and shut the door…‘ and 2. ‘Be less critical’