TRAVEL DIARY

A weblog regularly updated by Jodi Rose.

Wednesday, January 4, 2006

8:30 PM
Posted by jodi rose

bridge watch
thinking this morning as I walked along towards the popeye restaurant, that however arbitrary this guarding process may be - have still not quite managed to develop consistent habits in any form - that my intentions are whole-hearted and this I think contributes a lot of protection.

Still working on crystallising form and content for this exhibition.
Realising - yet again - my failings as an artist, writer and communicator - all the things you can't put into words or express through other means; and yet still trying to distill something from an experience to convey at least a rough shadow of the lucidity and passion that flits across the cave. Thwarted again by the post-modern education, which teaches that there is no 'essential' being or essence and definitely no absolutes, maybe this series of random chaotic impressions juxtaposed and rubbing up against each other in bizarre combinations will be ennough.

On the bright (automatically wrote 'bridge') side, all this year I've woken up feeling an incredible surge of self-confidence and faith. It's like being eighteen again, but without the teenage hormones. Angst optional. Playing with ideas for costumes befitting an international art star. Strangely enough, high heels play a part - I've detested them for years, feel like a drag queen in them - but some echo of my fourteen year old self in red stilettos and 50's cocktail frocks is telling me it can be fun. So. yoox look out!