23 August 2025
Looks like you (working title): the main focal point—bird and its shadow—handled delicately such that detail/form is present but nearly imperceptible as it's only implied by brushtrokes. That one element is working well enough to not really need anything around it to muck it up, so I just washed around it in white and the question became whether or not more could be had from a supporting cast. The white adds a nice contrast and another level of abstraction that frames the bird and shadow with an almost dog-hand-shadow shape, which I must admit I love. But it somehow still feels kind of empty. Thinking of the ongoing conversation with Jonathan around how negative space should ideally be in service of something. But maybe we don't always need to be aware of what it may or may not be serving.