Text example

Here is an example of how I will combine photography and text.

-The Most Beautiful Part of a Man's Body, Duane Michals

Work in progress

questioning sexuality


who am i?


sex dream


daydream, watching model eating banana - yet to shoot.

More Michals musing.

I have been thinking about what has led to my interest in Duane Michals. I have become almost as obsessed with him as I am with Andy Warhol. Which is very, in case you didn't know.
The weird and mysterious personality of Warhol, and his cynical and simple views on the world always come to mind when I think about life.
But as much as Warhol makes me want to not take life too seriously, Michals exploration of the unconscious mind makes me think in greater depth about my feelings and emotions, and the reason I'm here.
Warhol's persona is somewhat one of mystery and privacy. This is a something that I have always had myself and felt comfortable with, but Michals and his desire series destroys my want for secrecy completely. I look at the work and want to put my thoughts, feelings and experiences on display, I find his photographs fascinating.

So it seems I have an attraction to this idea of privacy. Privacy in the conscious or unconscious mind. The private self and the thoughts that we don't share for whatever reason.

Michals inspires me with his public exploration of usually private thoughts. It is this that I want in mind when creating my work. Like him I am using photography as a means of exploring who I am and what exactly I am feeling.

Slowness.

The blog has really shown me how slow my thought process is at the beginning of a project. I'm nearly two weeks in and still at a hazy stage in terms of my idea. I've never been much further than this at this point, which shows how much time I lose at the beginning of a project.

In one way I see it as a good thing, that I wait until I am confident of my idea and happy to begin rather than starting on something I'm not sure on. But then I realise the time that's gone by, and how I could usually really do with more time come the end of the project, so maybe I need to just get on with it. But then I don't know what it is I'm getting on with.

Thinking.

As usual I am at that confused sketchy early stage of the project where I have various thoughts going around and I'm not completely sure what's going to happen, what's going to be do-able and realistic and what I'm actually wanting to do.

The idea that would link to a couple of previous projects and something that I would like to do is the gay fantasy storyboards..duane michals style but with my own writings.

Another idea that has been swimming around is the song lyrics one. I've always loved music and lyrics. (Not the film!) I have been thinking about the possibility of creating images based on song lyrics. This would be rather a newy that would link to nothing I have done before, but has been an idea that I've often thought could be cool.
Some Lyrics:

"when you left my room
to go to the kitchen
i imagined that you were dead"

"There's a ghost on the horizon
When I go to bed
How can I fall asleep at night
How will I rest my head"

etc. though maybe not so gloomy.
i could duane michals it up and scrawl the lyrics underneath each picture...

still thinking.

Bookage

I've been and got a selection of books from the library:

Duane Michals - The Essential
Duane Michals - Take One And See Mt. Fujiyama (and other stories)
Anthony Gayton - Sinners and Saints
Pierre et Gilles - Sailors and Sea
Walter Kundzicz - Champion

I am thinking gay fantasy storyboards.
All the above kind of interweaved.
Any thoughts?..