when i began blogging i noticed that people chose words for the new year... this interested me a great deal...
mary jane dodd - 'nascent' pendant 2011
i chose 'nascent' a couple of years back... but it was so meaningful for me that i kept it past the 365 days... and i find it has directed my life and work... by autumn 2011, i was using the word in my work physically, connecting it to a pregnant form...
mary jane dodd - 'nascent' triptych 2011
i end this year working diligently on a project that stems from 'nascent'...
mary jane dodd - 'nascent' triptych 2011
mary jane dodd - 'nascent' triptych 2011
taking on those silly fears we all have - trying the new... and so i made my first mold...
mary jane dodd - 'nascent' triptych 2011
it will be a triptych - three is a significant number... birth, life, death... past, present, future... maiden, mother, crone... emerge, evolve, fly... three graces, three norns, three fates, religious trinities... and on and on... i didn't intentionally choose 3, it chose the project...
resin has to cure for 3 days... so i am not sure what the cast will look like... and the deadline quickly approaches...
and once the pieces are complete, there is the photography challenge - for that is what the jurors are judging on...
my word for 2012 is 'daring'...
'it is not because things are difficult that we do not dare;
it is because we do not dare that they are difficult.'
~ seneca
what ideas or words guide you?
are you ready to move on to a new one?
