Burn / Grow / Repeat The scorching of wood using branding tools and a woodburner requires focus and steadiness, resulting in a slow, methodical movement of mark making. This action allows me to enter a meditative mindset as I calmly focus on and deeply engage in the marks I am creating. Because burning is by its nature a destructive and unforgiving process, it also forces me to let go of my desire for control and embrace the imperfections. This piece represents a daily practice of meditative mark making. I burned two blocks per day for fifty days with the restriction that I could not spend more than 15 minutes on each. The marks reflect the emotions and thoughts I had on each particular day and document the pattern of anxiety I experienced.
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