Class Commentary 2/18/08 and 2/20/08

This week has been whew well uh how to put CRAZY!!! but in an ultimately self improving kinda way. My mama said that this month was gonna be all about personal and global power shifts and sinking or swimming in the interior realm of our evolution. This was the month for regenerating lifestyle and thought patterns that aided you instead of holding you back. I feel like I have been slingshotted into hyper surreality. I missed a wednesday class about individual projects and artists from our book. I did enjoy our guest Elizabeth Alexander. Particularly aboutt he importance of journaling this refers to my theory that the inner private world is jsut as valid if not more so than the outer. Joseph Cornell created amazingly intimate visually rich boxes in his mother's basement. He was tapping into something unseen, something more hidden. Alexander seemed to have alink to this otherworld through her famliy. she also seemed to be creating structures that are stand-ins for the human form, so many little compartments for hiding away our trinkets to ourselvs. secrets are like private memorials to the idea that all we are is not seen and cannot be exposed to light. There will always be caves and caverns in our souls to explore with gropping fingers and willing hearts. There will always be more to explore.