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02-04-09

What’s in a Name?

Here is a list of some of my ideas for the cubicle formerly known as my studio:

-the office
-work
-the box
-the command center
-home
-the base
-the pit
-the cave
-the safe zone
-the fish tank
-the think tank
-the lab
-space
-the room

I’m still thinking of others for now, but trying not to call it a you know what in the meantime. Maybe it would actually work better if it was a verb instead of a noun, like:

-work
-create
-paint
-draw
-think
-play

This way I can say, “I’m going to think now.” instead of “I’m going to the studio now.” The jury is still out on this one.

01-23-09

Until I arrived at University of Michigan I had never had my own studio space. As an undergraduate, I shared a studio with three other BFA printmakers, which we all used primarily as storage for supplies. After that I joined the Art Hospital and had a table in a room that, again, I used mostly for storage. Eventually, I gave up this space when I moved into a bigger house with an extra room. This room became my new storage space.

Although I have used my studio here in Ann Arbor more than I used all three of my previous spaces combined, I still haven’t quite figured out the best way for me to use it. I am not intent on making images or objects, so a space for mess-making doesn’t seem necessary, but a physical space for developing ideas is not something that should be wasted.

Recently, I’ve been thinking that I should start calling my studio “The Command Center,” “Think Tank,” or anything else to take away the associated meanings that come with “studio” that seem to stop me in my tracks.

I will post my list of potential names up here in the next week or so. Any suggestions are welcome!