Sharing Circle - Tree Veneration Society
This event took place in Centennial Park. I located the relevant tree I think a banyan on a hill. Underneath hundreds of young people jogging or cycling. The TVS sat around and ate some prepared food. We each broght something to eat.
These kind people. Everyone has something to say. The sharing circle meant about two minutes each person. Many different concerns. One person talked about a sustainable house being made in the Blue Mountains. I said I want to be more intentional, borrowing the sustainability theme.
Being intentional as an artist, what does that mean. I had a discussion later with someone else, I wondered when the idea of "practice" became sort of mandatory for artists. We talk about an artist's practice. I am not sure why it is necessary to practice being an artist, being an artist is a choice. Being a journalist is a practice, you "do" journalism but an artist just "is".
When you think in terms of practice you end up with stacks of works nobody ever sees. Like my friends had a group show in 2023, one of the painters left two items in my garage for 2 years. In the end I called her and said when r you going to pick up the paintings, she came in a van with a friend and got them eventually.
But I've seen her studio. Ranks of big paintings stacked up on the floor, front to back. Dozens of them. If this is a "practice" I'm not sure it is something I want to do. I want people to own my art, put it on their wall, look at it from time to time.
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