Midori Marsh
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Some Assembly Required
I was the kid with the coveted Crayola 64 pack of crayons, the kind with the built in sharpener on the box. I’ve dabbled in watercolours, oils, acrylics, pastels, charcoal, sculpting. I collect art supplies compulsively. I’m a chronic doodler. The margins of my school notes were always choked with half finished drawings. To this day I become gripped by near obsessive creative phases that eventually fizzle out and leave me with a collection of pieces that get given away or sit quietly in stacks between music scores and cookbooks. I always start these phases feeling like I am drawing my ideas from an endless well. I dip my bucket confidently in, again and again, until I hear it thud against the bottom with a dry echo. Then I put away my supplies, take stock of what I’ve made, and wait for the next phase to strike. I rarely return to whatever had once gripped me, with one notable exception. There’s always been something encouraging about the presence of pre-formed elements. Making art with them is not as daunting as painting on a blank white canvas, or sculpting nothing into something. In fact, it’s art that’s already halfway to existing, with some assembly required.
By Midori Marsh5 years ago in Lifehack
In conversation with Katherine Piotroski
“No bank account?” “Yeah, I know, it’s weird, right? But like, I guess she’s super old school, yannow? Like, I feel like she keeps all of her money in gold bars buried in her backyard yannow? If she has any left anyways, ha!”
By Midori Marsh5 years ago in Journal
