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I am fascinated with the negative. The way it is the opposite of what is real. Like a parallel reality. This drawing is from one of my Seawhite scetchbooks and then turned.

I have no idea what art is. But the concept is irresistible. There is no way of moving away from it after getting some sort of grip around some aspect of it. The completely material is my angel on it. The material and not the thought or idea of it is my medium to achieve objects that carry within themselves an element of something unknown. To find elements that are in some way or other unrecognizable is my continuous goal. To achieve this I have to liberate myself from method and simplify the forms I work in. An object of art I experience fall from my material activity and concrete consciousness is in this limiting. Conscious focus may create impressive objects that are usually empty shells. Art avoids the conscious it seems and to grasp it just for a glimpse I have to trick myself into not looking and thereby bring it to reality through action not thought.