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May 13, 2008

Cutting

South Main Project: Update 27

Cutting

I have merged the three basic facets of building the angel into a more seamless routine. Instead of running out of pieces and having the creative process grind to a halt while I shift gears mentally and prepare myself for a week's worth of intense physical labor, I do little bits at a time. Before I would spend days cutting out hundreds of pieces of steel, then several more painstakingly bending them by hand into gently curving triangles before lining them all up in preparation for fabrication.

I now do mini-batches While I do run out of material more quickly, I don't lose the creative thrust that has been propelling me to that point. I pause only long enough to cut out another day's work and then press forward, making sure to resume placing pieces again before retiring for the night so that it is all still fresh in my mind the next morning.

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Sounds like a mucher better idea, much easier when you r keeping your groove....

Posted by: Mizasiwa | May 13, 2008 at 04:26

I'm like that with writing. I need to continue the flow. If I'm forced to stop and start over down the road, it's like a different person is sitting down to write.

Posted by: brettdl | May 13, 2008 at 08:08

Yes Brett, now imagine if you had to cut out the individual letters from scraps of paper and line them all up before you could use them. And if you ran out of letters you could not write any more until you had rebuilt your supply . . .

Posted by: Philip | May 13, 2008 at 10:31

I love this!! I've just bookmarked so I can keep up with your progress. It sounds and looks like a labour of love.

Posted by: Taylor_John | May 13, 2008 at 20:54

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