One thing I think is critical to this project and to our own production is increasing creative challenges in our own work, and being open to look at those open spaces that exist in production, whether it be material or in tempo. I was in an opening tonight at a poor show in Holland and one thing someone asked me was why the work was so dull.

It reminded me of a student I had once who brought in a drawing, he was very talented and knew it. The drawing was very strong but one part of it looked weak. I asked what happened, he said he was tired. I told him that if you want others to give a damn about what you make, you have to actually give a damn.

The work in the show here was like the person had barely worked, if your bored, we will be bored. Another artist there and I concluded that good artists challenge themselves. Amongst colleagues here, I like that I am called out on various issues, and made to think about them in the work. Nothing is solved with non-speaking.

To move forward we must have interaction, move to new levels, questions need to be asked, theories gutted, and established comfort zones abolished. This striving to new platforms can only help create value in the works.

New levels can demand more work. Love, Death, Life, Soul. They appear to be something like basic elements (LO/DET/LIF/SO) . Sometimes it appears that all the marketing, writing, showing, and ego become a big wet blanket that dulls vision and sound.

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