From the pages of my notebooks - Ideas that got the chop.

I notice that when I work I  concentrate on solving small problems to the detriment of the bigger picture. I work on elements of the riddle but not the answer.

For example, when I draw I solve the form of one part of a scene where others will describe that part in a line or two inside many others. My drawing will sit, centred and small, on a blank page when others roughly fill the page right to every edge. When I write I assemble vignettes and hints together but rarely scenes. When working on a logo I might resolve the curves on a single letterform on a logo that is not the solution to the job.

Its hard to know if this is a disability or an advantage. We are all drawn to bigger works but love smaller parts. We will sit and watch Spartacus enthusiastically but will also remember only lines Happy Gilmore.

“I eat pieces of shit like you for breakfast”

“You eat pieces of shit for breakfast?”