Thoughts...

Have been reading "Richard Deacon" published by Phaidon and found some great quotes from Mary Douglas ...from her book Purity and Danger. Fits nicely into my ideas for working on the theme of evil- and moving into ambiguity.

 

She suggests that dirt, being "matter out of place"- is not only profane but ..deeply sacred...( and you know my obsession with rubbish...) 

 

The deviant or transgressive are both better managers of contradiction and also less dependent on authority than the fanatic and may therefore be more effective agents of transformation"...

 

 ok, I know it all sound a bit pretentious, but I'm really interested in the role of negativity/ evil/ whatever form you wish to choose, has in creating change and challenging us. (and I love the concept of producing art that people find uncomfortable, that challenges them to reconsider what they think....whether it is personal and too personal for them to cope with, or on bigger issues.)

I think I'm going to have to get the book......

 

Separate note- busy doing lots of glazing yesterday, including making up 2 glazes, recipes from Dry Glazes (ceramics handbook series)Also added silicon carbide into Robin Welch glaze, so hope it will help break it up and create volcanic type surface....

 

My harmony of the spheres is still drying out (now in airing cupboard) as there are so many layers all with newspaper round them, so it's taking ages..... can't wait to see how it turns out, and whether all the mould growing on it makes any difference at all to final outcome. (linseeds started sprouting, cous cous made wonderful strands of grey fibrous mould...)

 

Will put photos on when been fired!