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In this case, not achieving my initial thought actually opened a can of worms to the possibilities I can make and ideas I can convey next. Some people would think a shadow would be a negative idea possibly a dark thought, but i don't want to look at it like that, it's just something that happens and i find a beauty in that. For those of us who produce the BMJ the completed journal is the reality, but for readers it is the idea. T S Eliot put it thus: Between the idea/And the reality/Between the motion/And the act/Falls the shadow. Sturdy does rhyme with nerdy, but in a world where facts are often loosely screwed into anything but weight-bearing conspiracy theories, there’s room for. Dreaming up what might be done is, in contrast, easy. #Between the idea and the reality falls the shadow series#Starting with a series of shorts in British TV, for two decades David Sington has been making sturdy, fact-based documentaries. Between the conception: And the creation. Between the Idea and the Reality the Shadow Falls. Coming to terms with what I have made and even though It is different to what i initially thought, that the "shadow" is something great and to celebrate. Between the idea: And the reality: Between the motion: And the act: Falls the shadow. So in reference to the quote used as my title, I always give a hard time to myself for not creating what i really set out to make. The thought behind the piece (and to the series of work that I'm finishing this week) is a mixture of capturing a moment of calmness in a world of noise and busy-ness, a fantasy of a story I have in my little head that I can't write into words and of illustrations of nature that are sometimes overlooked when we are so busy. Falls the Shadow For Thine is the Kingdom Between the conception. So yesterday I made the following brass plate with an enamel bird flying through a starry night. #Between the idea and the reality falls the shadow how to#So my goal this year, was make each piece, one by one, without butterflying around from one project to another and having set times i would answer my e-mails/instagram/facebook messages (sorry if i don't answer everyone- i have so many messages, It's really hard to answer everyone, but I have some ideas how to tackle this but will do after the Eisteddfod!)Īnd i thought It would be nice to show you the process, I'm very indecisive so I'm always moving/changing position of certain pieces and also for me to stick with a project until I finish, I usually loose confident in a piece and leave it on the side. ![]() But in the lead up to the Eisteddfod I get all exited but usually panic, what to make first. ![]() a poem by the False Poets Between the idea no permanence in juxtaposition. So during my usual studio making hours I make and package online orders. An excerpt from An excerpt from a poem by T.S. As the Eisteddfod (A annual Welsh festival, held in different locations around Wales, celebrating the arts culture of Wales) festival looms, I always want to get my creative juices going and make a series of new pieces. ![]()
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