Saturday 28 June 2008

Kneeling

A2, Crayon.

Resting Back

A1. Crayon.

Pacing

A1. Crayon.

Tuesday 24 June 2008

Exhausted Rhomboids


Graphite. A4.

It is astonishing how violin practice works the right set of rhomboids!

I have no idea how I ended up learning differential calculus before anatomy.

Sunday 15 June 2008

Tuesday 10 June 2008

Monday 9 June 2008

Monday 2 June 2008

I PLAY MY VIOLIN

A6. Pen & Water.

I've been practicing my violin for the past 25 years and only now have I realised the following...

I PLAY MY VIOLIN. It's not my technique, nor my brothers, parents, teachers or friends. It is me. It is my sound. I may not be a master, but I can choose what I do with it.

It seems there is a certain comfort in noticing that the work of art is not just the composition, or the wooden violin, nor the sound that is produced, but also the human form and the way it goes about such a thing. It is fascinating, complex, and yet easy and unbelievably common.