Volume 2 is really about making room, after thinking on a what to share, the concept of making room came to me. Although the idea is not a new one, the way that I’ve looked at it is different in relation to many things. Its something that can be applied to anything in our lives. If we are full we can continue to stuff ourselves but eventually something is going to spill out and when it does its not going to be pretty. Whether it’s a closet that is bursting at the seams, or our protruding belly, our attitudes, or even the collections that we have.
When I speak of collections what I mean is the numerous projects that so many of us have that have sat perhaps in a drawer somewhere, on a shelf, or even in our minds. I've come to realize how difficult it had become for me to not only have things that were long over due to be shared with the world, but also, that it was ludicrous for me to expect that I could continue to go on with project after project– leaving behind all sorts of unfinished work and actually expect to somehow generate beautiful out of the mess that I was ignoring. I call it a mess because that’s what those lovely things become when we allow them to pile up and get stale. Suddenly we look up and its been a week, a month, half the year is gone, then a few years and so on. We look around and we see ideas for things that we once thought of ourselves and someone else was courageous enough to put it out there while we remained in doubt and fear. I cannot count how many times I've seen an article of clothing or a wall of amazing graffiti that resembled some of my own designs and it seemed that I would notice these things more the longer that I sat on my work. It made me scared, it had me worried and concerned and even considering that I would one day have so much regret if I continued to ignore my projects.
Projects are for projection, they are created to be shared, to be heard and seen and be there out in the world because it’s for others as well as ourselves. I don’t want to be selfish anymore, I cant be selfish anymore, and I will not be selfish anymore. Just a few short weeks into a new year a revelation has come to me– and it is this— that I must, it is vital that I release these projects if I am ever to see my dreams come true, that by holding onto these projects I have not been allowing the space, the room, the time for the projects that have not yet revealed themselves to come into the light of day. I know that deep down inside I would be denying the growth of myself and any projects to come to continue as I had done for decades. The time is now.
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