I know it was over a month ago now but this is the first chance I've had to get back to my own work since Spike Open, including updating my blog. After much deliberation I ended up showing a piece that developed out of my shift in thinking around Heavy Words, the project about cervical cancer, and connects with the writing of poet Julia Darling whose work has influenced me.

The piece consists of a large photographic print of a window with the words 'we are all indelible, miraculous, here' written in dust on the window sill beneath. Some people liked it, some felt the text was unnecessary, one person thought it was a painting and others missed it altogether.
After last year's Open Studios I made a decision not to hide my own unfinished work in the shadow of a participatory piece, one that gave focus to the audience's musings on what they had left unfinished. I would think big and try and overcome my anxiety about showing my work. However, in hindsight I realise that scale isn't everything! In a shared studio space my work was still somehow hidden. I'll keep trying.