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Displayed Table Part 2, Furniture Dasein 

1/28/2014

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Table dimensions, approx 2'x3', 18" high.  Walnut and glass

Frustration, difficulty and growth are my companions when building furniture.  However, at the end of the project, I often find satisfaction, relief and wisdom waiting for me.  I've mentioned before that sometimes I think I'm too impulsive to build furniture, because of the planning involved.  I rarely build with a plan, I rather find myself in a sort of conversation or negotiation with material, temporal and spacial constraints as I bring to life what I'd imagined.  I find myself stopping and re-evaluating a lot, thinking "this won't/can't work" or "what have I gotten myself into?"

I find that even though planning could often save me a headache or two, I would sacrifice some spontaneity, which is something I like present in the process.  Planning in certain ways introduces a mechanical restriction on my improvisatory leaning.  So I find myself being pulled by impulse/inclination and bound by my situation.  This is inevitable, though I'm regularly found surprised by it.  I'm very selective about remembering that I am situated. 
Dasein, design 
Make it, in time.

Contained, inclined
Give shape, by mind. 

Physically-opined
Walnut, Glass-lines,

Soon gone, not mine
Recompense, now thine...

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