free beauties

"None of the objects, prayers and spirits invoked by the magician are what cause his spells to work. In fact, the magician himself is not the cause of the magic. Rather, magic is the cause of the magician. Because magic wants to happen, it will cause, or call, a body to act the role of magician." (Collective Experience and the Magic World View; Brian Kubarycz)

Polish paper sculptures hung at Christmas time that depict the universe

New working structure: Imagine the artist as a magician, channeling inspiration from outside source, universal will. I am aware of the connections, the forcing pushing me in certain directions, towards certain stories, songs, images when I am available to receive them. I need to keep an open mental space to be ready to receive these suggestions. Sometimes the problem though is overflow. I become overwhelmed by all the connections. Instead, identify and explore and act on them as they come. This is also supported by the fact that when I approach work, forcing ideas to spill out of my head, I find it empty. I am empty. It comes from the outside when it will.

my own first mouth toy

Babies get to know things with their mouths. Inside the womb, the only thing the fetus can put in its mouth are its own fingers ["a child's body is the first toy"]. How early do humans get feeling in their fingers? Through sucking and physical sensation, do they know they are sucking themselves? Through sucking and not feelings, do they know they are sucking something other than themselves?

In Purity and Danger, Mary Douglas remarks Sartre’s essay on stickiness. Honey has the power to show the distinction between “the subjective experiencing self and the experienced world”-how viscous, sticky substances “attack the boundary between myself and it”

"The child eventually moves from its own fingers to nipple, then to spoon or cup...chewing gum, smoking cigarettes, crunching hard candy, chewing the end of pencil/pen".

cat hair, marshmallows and dirty snow cones