wiseWords

These words were picked up during a session with Visual Arts Ireland from  Northern Ireland, artists Ian Cumberland.

 The idea  to establish a contemporary studio, was centred around my own professional wish for a studio space.  I wanted an independent space to work. No restrictions on access, affordable and that could pay for it-self.   

This could have been a private venture but I opened the conversation and invited other from the beginning. There were a few cul-de-sac, you take a step back and look for a different route  

By doing this, it provided more ideas to feed it , more viewpoints, more conversations and more hands & legs  to get  “it” going. 

Each step.. having a coffee with someone, a meeting, taking a lease, renting a studio slowly created confidence.  It takes time to “do it”, and before that more time to gather the confidence to”do it”. The confidence gathered feeds the next step on.