{"id":2323,"date":"2016-11-17T23:56:12","date_gmt":"2016-11-17T23:56:12","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.donfarrell.net\/?p=2323"},"modified":"2019-12-20T20:08:25","modified_gmt":"2019-12-20T20:08:25","slug":"my-work-staying-with-a-consideration","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.donfarrell.net\/?p=2323","title":{"rendered":"My Work &#8211; Staying with a Consideration"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"attachment_2321\" style=\"width: 1210px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.donfarrell.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/08\/2016-10-Untitled-9\u215d-x-13\u00bd-in-for-website.jpg\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-2321\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2321\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-image-2321 size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/www.donfarrell.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/08\/2016-10-Untitled-9\u215d-x-13\u00bd-in-for-website.jpg\" alt=\"2016-10-untitled-9%e2%85%9d-x-13%c2%bd-in-for-website\" width=\"1200\" height=\"857\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.donfarrell.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/08\/2016-10-Untitled-9\u215d-x-13\u00bd-in-for-website.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/www.donfarrell.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/08\/2016-10-Untitled-9\u215d-x-13\u00bd-in-for-website-300x214.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.donfarrell.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/08\/2016-10-Untitled-9\u215d-x-13\u00bd-in-for-website-768x548.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.donfarrell.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/08\/2016-10-Untitled-9\u215d-x-13\u00bd-in-for-website-1024x731.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.donfarrell.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/08\/2016-10-Untitled-9\u215d-x-13\u00bd-in-for-website-420x300.jpg 420w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1200px) 100vw, 1200px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-2321\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Indications of a System II &#8211; 9\u215d x 13\u00bd in (24 x 34 cm) &#8211; mixed water soluble media on paper<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Over time I have come to realise the importance of intent when considering abstraction. \u00a0The reason being, while freely painting, numerous spontaneous avenues always arise. \u00a0By initially determining the feeling I\u2019m striving for I control endless temptations to stray, and carry on towards my initial idea.<\/p>\n<p>This painting is an excellent example of committing to an intent. \u00a0Right from the start I was after a delicate feel, and kept that in mind while working, avoiding all the other options the paint presented. While freely applying and agitating multiple layers of paint, interesting markings and shapes appear. \u00a0I continue to remove and re-agitate them numerous times until the feeling I\u2019m after comes forth. \u00a0I\u2019m in control because of my intent, and continue orchestrating towards what I\u2019m striving for. \u00a0It can be elusive and tenacity or patience is necessary.<\/p>\n<p>I find It\u2019s important not to hurry.<\/p>\n<p>We all should play and explore. \u00a0Eventually we make commitments and through them we find our language. \u00a0This is why it takes so long to develop and it\u2019s worth it!<\/p>\n<p>Of course I also love following interesting options as they occur, and often do, the difference here, is deciding on what I\u2019m after before beginning.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Over time I have come to realise the importance of intent when considering abstraction. \u00a0The reason being, while freely painting, numerous spontaneous avenues always arise. \u00a0By initially determining the feeling I\u2019m striving for I control endless temptations to stray, and &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.donfarrell.net\/?p=2323\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.donfarrell.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2323"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.donfarrell.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.donfarrell.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.donfarrell.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.donfarrell.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=2323"}],"version-history":[{"count":9,"href":"https:\/\/www.donfarrell.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2323\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2528,"href":"https:\/\/www.donfarrell.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2323\/revisions\/2528"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.donfarrell.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=2323"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.donfarrell.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=2323"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.donfarrell.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=2323"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}