I have a set of five plastic pots, intended to represent slices of life, or specimens of something like a habit. It's a bit difficult to explain because I don't think they're communicating it that well. They each have labels indicating what they are supposed to represent, but I think I have since phrased it more clearly - "VISUAL REPRESENTATION OF TIME SPENT NOT THINKING." That is what they are, and that was exactly what I intended them to be. I currently have three containers labelled in this way, and two more in progress. I'm not too sure how interesting they'd be to anyone else, or how useful they will be to my mark, but I feel like I've finally managed to make them say exactly what I want them to say, and be exactly what I meant for them to be, so I'm going to finish them. If nothing else, it'll be a good foundation for actually getting somewhere with my work.
Next I'm carrying on with the idea of catalogues. I have a list of branded food items used in a kitchen catalogue, and I am interested in the way that this list seems to be about people, and could at first glance seem to be about real people. However, it is not about real lives; it is about pretend lives, and is almost a prescription for how to live. This actually links back to ideas in my head from the beginning of the year, about relinquishing control, taking orders and putting decisions into someone else's hands. I will be pursuing this idea, probably unsuccessfully at first. I guess I don't mind.
