New liminal pieces in the works

I have been away on a cross-country trip and haven’t been able to make new liminal pieces in a while. along the way, I was able to disconnect, re-evaluate the things I want to make and how to make them, gather references, and just do nothing - trying to be human.

Since being back I’ve explored new tools and ways of layering mediums. I’ve started experimenting with airbrush for smoother backgrounds and allowing more brush strokes to seem less artificial while still giving room for a graphic and technological feel, in my colors at least.

However, it took me a little to get back into this routine. after spending over a month in nature coming back to Richmond really made me feel disconnected - every day in the city felt like a liminal space; dissociating from me and my surroundings. I would feel more artificial, more of a program than a person. I feel artificial.

My thoughts on liminality, while still grounded in the basics, have shifted more towards the paring of writing (utilizing text) with painting. Ive started to catalog all my encounters and write on them as I remember them to tie them in with my paintings. But also starting to explore liminality through short stories - similar to the doppelganger but strictly written.

Also paring more with technology. before I left I started adding liminal spaces with meme-like font drawing a parallel between the two, but now it feels that it might be more than that with this recent ‘ computer’ like feelings.

seeming ironic considering the contents of the book now that I have read it, i decided to read Ian F. Svenius’s Against the Written Word which I picked up about a year ago in NYC and haven’t gotten around to as something to do. The Ironic part is after reading it, it contained a lot of ideas on technology and personhood in a similar humor that I was starting to scratch the surface of that was, unexpected but, delightfully welcomed. It helped me connect more world events and pop culture to what our collective society is experiencing and what the ‘future’ holds and think more of the budding technology aspect of my liminal works.

It reminded me of my last critique with my professors when they commented that they’re almost humorous in a way ( paraphrasing ) meaning while still depicting liminal-esque spaces, the paring with meme font helps some type of humorous connotation, something I didn’t fully understand or try to utilize at the time or even where to go from there but this book helped me realize what that meant and how to move forward.