What the wool gave me (sorry Florence)

I watched some nice, inspiring short films today, and I mean short, so like a trailer, and an intro to an art project that I was unaware of. It's the first useful thing I've done on my laptop this week that I can remember. The over consumption of social networks has left me bored with their fascination, I'm finding the good stuff now - it's not that I don't care what my friends are up to, I do, it's that I'd rather just speak to them.

I heard something the other day, maybe on the radio (sorry I cant pin down the location), it was something like 'everytime your texting your not learning' because your sending information out.

This has stuck in my mind for a while, and things seem to be making links, for example, you read an article and one element takes your interest, then things in life related to it keep popping up, like an exhibition, the narrative of a film. Is this making sense..?

 So anyway, I'm typing right this instance, but, I'm am learning, because I'm thinking about, what I'm thinking about, building up a 'spiral of information'/knowledge (referring to something in Zen And The Art of Motorcycle Maintenance - I totally can't find the page but its somewhere before p137 if your interested).

It's put some confidence in me that I can find a narrative that means something to me, that can be explained in my 'applied art', because at the moment I just seem to be plodding along making thing that look appealing, that I don't feel have any real substance. I need to take my self back (again) through previous projects, and make the links between my work and my life - (that's the most enjoyable element, if maybe to some people a little self loathing), this way I discover things about my self, because basically its all about me.. (ha ha sorry I figured this was looking like massive pile of pretentious, but my thoughts are rolling so I'll continue).

Things from my childhood whether I was fascinated with them or not, defiantly seep into my work, slightly off the normal things, that I find myself having a curious attraction to, sheep's wool, quarry stone, farm machinery/ metal objects.

I realise I've just kinda stopped in the middle of something, but I think that's more than enough info for one ramble, and I have to eat.

But to end, I'm going to put the films up, so I can remind myself of this 'spiral' of stuff when I next pop by.


Woollenline from Pip Woolf on Vimeo.

The second video was a little harder to source, but I think ones enough for now.

I'm not sure I'm in tune with the entirety of it, but it's set some sparks off. I like sparks.