D. Michael Coffee

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The “Intuition Marker” series was inspired by my desire to mark time, or more specifically, a nano-second in time. These are my personal “Post-It” notes, or diary entries, where a fleeting thought or a glimpse of an idea is captured, and then fixed. These works function for me as time capsules that record the place of mind and space that I was in when they were created. I am able to look back on them, and remember exactly the way I felt and what I was thinking at that very moment. I can also hear the music that I was listening to, and feel the atmosphere in my studio.

 

I am very process driven, and tend to work in concentrated spurts that begin with long periods of quiet, almost meditative calm, followed by what often feels like chaos. I try not to think when I work, in attempting to reach a mindless-mind state of intuitive creation when putting order to my thoughts. I also strive to silence the internal critic during this physically active period, stalling thoughtful analysis until the work is fully materialized.


I routinely sit back at the end of this process, and ask myself what it is that I have manifested. I don’t feel that I can claim ownership, but that I merely facilitated the work into existence.


 
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