As spring comes into bloom so does all our local cultural activations, which means I need to limber up my painting arm and start getting ready for the marathon that is the next few months. Creatively and career wise I spend a lot of time trying to keep my mind, body and life in balance as best a possible knowing what the next 8 weeks will look like for me each year. 

Getting ready or keeping creatively fit involves a lot of doing, a lot of play and almost thoughtless mostly response making. It helps ground my ideas and practice moving onward without the stress of outcome. Outcomes happen regardless sometimes they are great, sometimes they won't ever see the light of day and that's ok too. 

Journalling helps me acheive that, plus there is something utterly delicious about thumbing through an art book, it shifts from functional project to art object in itself.  Collage has been my place of happiness lately, I mean it has been for a while but the act of making, dissambling and remaking really does tickly my brain. Plus the oh so delightful physicality of it all, the feel of the paper surfaces as you layer, weave, cut and tear them......*happy shudders* want to see my real weirdo come out ask me about paper! 

Hats off to Sam from The Field Guide for creating such a fun excuse to play with my food.  If I am toastally being honest I was resolved but not 100% happy with my work, not enough to exclude it obviously but sometimes this is also the process and I am so cool with that.
The breadwinner of this experience was the experience itself. I found it challenging with some similarities in medium qualities to what I feel more experienced with and others so far out of the bag. 
I would 10/10 do it again, and I really hope this fun exhibition will create more opportunities to spread joy, one slice at a time. This was a jampacked exhibition, with a jam-packed opening, and that makes it a toast-worthy idea.