Comments on: A Taught Process

By: San

San — Tue, 11 Mar 2008 20:04:00 +0000

Kim, although I love reading artists’ statements and of course talking to artists, what works best for me is to live with the art, let it work on me. And of course, I learn much from the comments of visitors to the gallery. They often see things I don’t. It’s great!

By: Kim

Kim — Thu, 06 Mar 2008 13:21:00 +0000

Thanks Lynette! It is just a different way of thinking. For me, ‘ways of thinking’ is an interesting subject.

As always, Lynette, your comments are so appreciated.

By: Lynette

Lynette — Thu, 06 Mar 2008 05:26:00 +0000

Kim, this is a very thought provoking and wonderful post!!

By: Kim

Kim — Wed, 05 Mar 2008 22:08:00 +0000

It always helps me to evaluate how I am thinking and I always appreciate conversations about how others think through things. Anyway one looks at it, this education of mine has a lot of impact on the work I now do.

Do you find that is true for you when you learn about the artist who are in your gallery?

By: San

San — Wed, 05 Mar 2008 21:46:00 +0000

Hi Kim,

What a wonderful post–thank you for sharing your idea drawings. They are delightful simply as drawings, and their speculative aspects are rich indeed.

By: Kim

Kim — Wed, 05 Mar 2008 12:36:00 +0000

Hi Fiona! Designers are really different kinds of thinkers than artists, don’t you think? I find it interesting to take a look at how my design experience influences my art and how the thinking process has changed and what remains.

Thanks so much for visiting me here today, Fiona!

By: Kim

Kim — Wed, 05 Mar 2008 12:32:00 +0000

Hi Babs! Yes, color mapping is the same kind of thought process. I love pure design thinking, so this appeals to me…and I use it in my personal journaling.

Hey Babs! I like the way you think…clearly a color person!

Thanks for visiting me.

By: fiona long

fiona long — Wed, 05 Mar 2008 12:07:00 +0000

Very interesting! Thanks for sharing! I like the use of visual language.

By: WILSONART

WILSONART — Wed, 05 Mar 2008 00:55:00 +0000

What an INTERESTING, thought provoking post! So much to think about,,,,!
I never dreamed that the design field worked this way, being completely uninformed!
My only experience that relates, is in color mapping. Determining what colors work well with others to accomplish what I hope to achieve.I usually don’t do a lot of sketching,,,but always a lot of laying down of colors on scrap,,,(paper or canvas) that often get used in other projects.

By: Kim

Kim — Tue, 04 Mar 2008 22:36:00 +0000

Hi Andrea, I haven’t thought of this being like the step after brainstorming, but you are so right. It is interesting I can find myself thinking like this in a lot of ways. I do a lot of journaling, too, and things like this come out a lot. Things like the center not being the center just kind of comes out when you use a process like this.

I love to mindmap and also find it to be helpful when having a huge project in front of me…or even when thinking about things like where I want my life to go, etc. Do you mindmap in color…like color code particular paths on the map?

Thanks Andrea for you insights here. I know you have a strong design background, too, and I can often see the parallels in thinking although the results are very different!