Collage is ideally suited to opening ourselves to intuitive discovery. It’s only natural for our intellect to seek the upper hand, but we can practice exercising our discernment to perceive the distinction between ordinary deliberation and a connection to the heart of creativity.
Mystery Tramp
collage miniature by J A Dixon
5 x 4.875 inches
from my Series of Rock
Never Had No Nothin’
collage miniature by J A Dixon
6.25 x 9 inches
from my Series of Rock
available for purchase
Your First Mistake
collage miniature by J A Dixon
7 x 10 inches
from my Series of Rock
available for purchase
Married Life Done Changed Him
collage catharsis by J A Dixon
8.5 x 11.5 inches
from my Series of Rock
available for purchase
The Need to Take Sides
collage miniature by J A Dixon
6.75 x 8.75 inches
from my Series of Rock
available for purchase
Something Ain’t Right
collage miniature by J A Dixon
6.5 x 8.75 inches
from my Series of Rock
available for purchase
To Us Any Day
collage miniature by J A Dixon
6.5 x 8.75 inches
from my Series of Rock
available for purchase
Had Her Day
collage miniature by J A Dixon
y.25 x 10.1875 inches
from my Series of Rock
available for purchase
“When I think how I am not following orders to do what people think I should do, I am scared, but then I think that it is my own work, if anything, that will be remembered. I can’t work for other people. I don’t do good work with their ideas. So I’ll go on with my own.”
– John Steinbeck
The March Exercise is back and fully upon me — another opportunity to harness myself to an all-consuming discipline, with a month-long ritual of collage that has nothing to do with anything but my own way of making it. This whole winter thing began as a 2006 marathon experiment in time management, when I woke up one morning dedicated to the idea of transforming everything to do with how Dana and I positioned our active graphic design practice. Here at TCM, I’ve periodically showcased an extended collage-a-day regimen, most recently with an intense summer flurry of diptychs. I’m back at it again. There won’t be many words in this space for awhile, just traditional, cut-and-glue collage, until I surface for air in April. Until then, I hope you enjoy the Ex(plosion).
Really Done Me
collage miniature by J A Dixon
5.25 x 6.125 inches
from my Series of Rock
available for purchase