What to do?

Well, here I am starting a blog. trying to collect my thoughts and document my the development of ideas for the Art of action grant.

Truth be told, I am not sure what to do. But with experience as my guide, I know that this is the first stage in every artistic journey. What immediately comes up, that I have been struggling with, is how do I make meaningful artwork, that inspires Vermonters to take action, when I do not live in Vermont. Certainly I love Vermont. And over the years the time I’ve spent in Vermont has meant a lot to me. But what do I do? In my mural painting process I begin things with visits to the site. at the site I do drawings. the drawings help me to become familiar with the visual language of the area, to take the time to notice the details. while I am drawing people sometimes come up to talk and that begins the deeper part of the process of getting to know who lives there and what the place means to them.

in this blog I plan to post images as well as text of what I am thinking about and what is percolating up through my sub-concious in visual form.