Reflection - Stream of Thought on Art Making
Writing
Stream of Thought — Carolin Rechberg, 26th May 2023
Contemplating on the space
Having encountered and been in dialogue with the work,
now stepping back
and circling to perceive from different angles
Pausing to see where and which accents and information the piece calls for now
Taking moments to perceive what is occurring in the present layers of marks
What expressions are inherent in the presence of the work itself already and are in communication with the observer and the environment/the space
To see what is calling for further accents or distributions
A going back and fro
In the communion with creation
Until the work dictates its own arrival and designating my departure
To learn and experience with the next work and its insights emanating from the process of its own creation
Until it resides within itself as I have learned through the creation of the work itself
The process of creating
The immediacy of effect of presence revealed
In art making
In any making
Cause and effect
Not removed but embodied
And therefore seeing when and what occurs when not being mindful and
Attentive to action
Having to retrieve the magic of spontaneous creation when overly rendered
To allow for further opening and continuums of the work, imagination and inspiration itself
Each work a catalyst for the next while embodying its own wisdom
Imprinted by encounter
Impregnated by the seeds of understanding it carries
To manifest itself as a reflection of its own presence in the world
The environment
In you anew
A reflection of me
Of essence
Of experience
As it continues its journey
With you
A space and place holder for presence itself
To simply be
Breathe
Feel
Realise essence of self
And what we, manifest through how we, are, evolve and exude, cause resonance with everything we encounter and engage with
A calling to awaken to the power of presence
Of action