Comments on: Ready, Set…Art! http://blogs.walkerart.org/ecp/2007/05/08/ready-setart/ Walker Art Center Fri, 05 Sep 2008 15:59:36 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.3.3 By: Morgan Wylie http://blogs.walkerart.org/ecp/2007/05/08/ready-setart/#comment-24771 Morgan Wylie Thu, 10 May 2007 18:19:45 +0000 http://blogs.walkerart.org/ecp/2007/05/08/ready-setart/#comment-24771 Speed chess! I'm totally amazed at what those folks can do. Split-second strategy is not my strong suit, for sure. =^_^= What I like about this art activity is that it takes your brain out of the mix for a bit. In my own art-making, the process usually involves some rough idea popping in to my head from out of the blue, which I then jot down somewhere in a notebook or available margin, and then I'll spend weeks mulling it over. All before I even touch art supplies! I like this activity because my brain goes on the back burner and the process becomes almost totally reactive for me: Don't think, just make it. Any ideas for a project title? Speed chess! I’m totally amazed at what those folks can do. Split-second strategy is not my strong suit, for sure. =^_^=

What I like about this art activity is that it takes your brain out of the mix for a bit. In my own art-making, the process usually involves some rough idea popping in to my head from out of the blue, which I then jot down somewhere in a notebook or available margin, and then I’ll spend weeks mulling it over. All before I even touch art supplies! I like this activity because my brain goes on the back burner and the process becomes almost totally reactive for me: Don’t think, just make it.

Any ideas for a project title?

]]> By: Ilene http://blogs.walkerart.org/ecp/2007/05/08/ready-setart/#comment-24763 Ilene Thu, 10 May 2007 16:52:13 +0000 http://blogs.walkerart.org/ecp/2007/05/08/ready-setart/#comment-24763 I'd like to see this art-making challenge take place in a city park where the chess players gather.You know those drop-in chess matches in city parks around the world. Washington Square Park in NYC has those permanent chess boards and they use the clock. Each person gets one minute for a move and then.....What's the name of that kind of play? I’d like to see this art-making challenge take place in a city park where the chess players gather.You know those drop-in chess matches in city parks around the world. Washington Square Park in NYC has those permanent chess boards and they use the clock. Each person gets one minute for a move and then…..What’s the name of that kind of play?

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