well, i have finally started mosaicing rhapsody, the second piece in my music to my eyes: opus in 24kt series.

weeks ago, i thought i had a rough design for this piece. i cannot say how many hours i have spent 'refining' the design... somehow trying to make it be THE design for this piece. i thought i knew how i wanted it to feel, and that that is what the design was expressing. however, no matter how much i played around with it... moving lines here... opening up lines there... it just did not feel right to me.

finally, last week, i gave up on that design... and said ok... i am just going to draw what i feel... what does the material say to me (red, orange, and violet gold)... what does a rhapsody make me feel... where does it take me... forget what i think the feeling should look like...

i just started to draw... right away... and i was amazed at what i drew! very simple... very provacative... i had to keep telling myself to just go with it... don't think about it. while this may seem so obvious a process... i am not a natural artist... too left-brained... i really have to work at spontaneous and intuitive... i know, what a contradiction!... me in a nutshell...

so, i am going with it. started mosaicing it today.. will use contorno and black smalti or black granite... not sure yet... but it is mostly gold. how many times did i say to myself today 'does it have to be complicated... does every mosaic have to be such a big deal... can't i just do this and not worry about it? that remains to be seen... so does the mosaic... if it turns out halfway decent!