Spreading

I’m playing with ink and the edge of an old Medicare card—a perfect tool for scraping and spreading.

Sometimes the ink ends up so thinly spread it’s transparent. In a way that’s kind of nice—it covers a large area and the beauty underneath is evident, but the colour is significantly diminished.

Sometimes the ink is spread, but not so far. Its colour is richer but it can cover up some patterns—sometimes desirable, sometimes not. A medium spread creates a solid block that, depending on its darkness, can be worked over again later.

Sometimes the ink is in a drop, not spread at all. The colour is saturated, sometimes beyond easy recognition but it gives all its intensity to one place and provides a strong focal point.

Sounds a bit like human beings in the modern world?

How are you spread today?

Until next time,

Kirsten