And so, it continues. Perhaps it’s appropriate that my thought process and design ideas concerning the creation of this artist book is changing so frequently, as that is the theme of the damn thing. To prepare for the content area of this book, I decided to look up quotes and thoughts that others have given and hopefully apply those to this book. As I search, I am trying to focus on life changes and all of the excitement/frustration within. I am pissed to find that others are seemingly not so interested in this aspect of change. They are much more excited about the Possibilities and What It All Means. Oh, shut up. Change is often difficult, frequently terrifying, and rarely immediatly liberating.
My search for interesting quotes and thoughts pertaining to my artist book has led me to a new line of thinking. I would like all of these so-called Highly Intellectual Thought People to live in my world. Not forever, because I’m sure there thoughts would quickly become filled with inappropriate language and random quests for More Beer. But for awhile.
Gandhi states, "We must become the change we want to see." And so, it is fitting that he be thrust into a classroom of teenagers who will happily argue that they know MUCH more about art and philosophy than he ever could fathom and deem him as UnCool. Gandhi will now show up early to prepare his lessons and his classrooms, stay late to clean up the disgusting mess left by the seven large overflowing classes of unruly children, and later be called to the principal’s office for a Very Important Meeting. During this meeting, he will be informed that his work ethic is slacking and that his general attitude needs adjustment. I am hoping that as he closes his eyes at the end of the day, he truly feels that he is becoming this change that he wants to see and despises the entire thought of it.
Henry David Thoreau stated that, "Things do not change; we change." He will then be moved from his damn Pond lifestyle into a new home with two young children, 7 and 8. The 8-year-old will question his every movement and the 7-year-old will let him know that there is entirely too much mustard and mayonaise on her lunch sandwich. He will try to seek solace in his two purring loving cats, only to be informed by the 7-year-old that he is not feeding them enough. I am hoping that at this time, he realized that things DID change. The change within him is controlled by these "things".
I am more apt to believe words spoken by an older philosopher, Heraclitus, who stated in 500 BC that, "Nothing endures but change." Yes. Yes. Change keeps happening. We change. Things change. Hell, even our reactions to all of this stuff changes. When looking for thoughts, quotes, and articles pertaining to this, I was overwhelmed to find over 210,000 matches to my search for "change."
So, I will continue to look for a simple yet meaningful structure to this artist book. In all honesty, I am not sure what this will bring. I have a feeling I need to be ready for whatever the hell will come from his. As Henry Wadsworth Longfellow pointed out, "All things must change to something new, to something strange."
