studio notes
I thought a lot about self-atonement last night. I was at a hacker space trying to carve a rubber stamp and the revelation came out of no where. Our darkness can change and evolve but it doesn't go away, and that's a beautiful thing. I've been facing my darkness head on lately and sometime it catches me off guard how deep it goes. I've been confused on how to approach it but I realized first and foremost I need to forgive myself and by extension my darkness itself. It desires outlets to express itself and I want to honor that in a way benefits all of me. I came home and made some hot soup, admired myself in the mirror, and embraced myself.
This is the stamp it came out really bad lol. I learned a lot about what not to do with stamp carving. Chiseling is definitely a different hand motion and I was doing more of a sketching motion. I also think the deisgn was too fine line, delicate. Something bold, thick, and simple would be better.
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