The initial idea for a project about waiting came from exploring my making and thinking process as an artist . I identified in my making and my written or verbal articulation of the making process a series of actions and still times . The still times are either those in which I am unable to make or times in which — even if I am making — I feel the
I see the intuition of imperceptible moves with in my head as the substance of this interval … “ The interval is virtual , incorporeal . Yet it has substance , it is palpable ” ( Manning , 2012,24 ) work is not progressing or that I
Because the interval is in between the no longer and the not yet , it is a space of potential . This gap creates the opportunity of changing direction and the possibilities are multiple . Once movement
“ The interval is a connection machine . The interval reminds us that the body-world ( in recombination ) is a technology . It is a technology insofar as it is capable of accessing the connecting machine , of creating the movements of thought , that extend the interval across space-time ”. ( Manning , 2012 , 24 )
has began the potential gradually diminishes as one favours one direction . When an actual movement is complete , once an “ actual occasion " has served its purpose it disappears but the interval remains potentially active for the next movement ( Mannin , 209 , 20 ).
When one experiences large gaps between creative movements . It is easy to become impatient and lose faith in the work . But as Blanchot points out , Patience is the
endurance of impatience , its acceptance and welcome , the accord which wants still to persist in the most extreme confusion .( Blanchot , 1989 , 127 )
am unable to successfully articulate it verbally or in writing . These times cause me a great deal of restlessness and anxiety and I see them as times in which I am literally “ waiting ” for the work to emerge .
Thinking about these waiting times brought to mind other waits and this led me to want to explore waiting in general