Lately, I’ve been thinking about what it means to stay open while several projects are moving at once. I am preparing for upcoming exhibitions, developing new work, experimenting with unfamiliar materials, and returning to ideas that have been waiting for my attention.
Some works have required me to reconsider their scale, structure, or materials. Others have asked me to slow down and listen more closely to what the work wants to become. A stalled project is not always a failure. Sometimes it simply needs more time, a different approach, or another set of hands and eyes.
I’m learning that adaptation is not merely a response to the work, sometimes, adaptation is the work. Whether I am braiding rope, making paper, gathering natural materials, or creating space for community participation, changing course can reveal possibilities I could not see when I began.
The creative process is rarely a straight line. It is an ongoing practice of noticing, adjusting, and trusting that even unfinished work has something to teach us.
