Jonathan as a swivel

Well if a swivel is a circle drawn through time then i am always on time, precisely when time swivels. however does a swivel have patience? I dont know, probably doesn't need patience, because it is 360 degrees, experiencing in all directions, so how can you be on time if you are time? I dont know... how do you lose something you have found or already have and still have and always have? I dont know...Swivel!

So in the spirit of consistency... a lil about me. As the historical record stands patrick and i met at bsu. Since relocating to missoula mt life has grew and become much richer. perhaps the mountains do that, perhaps life does that, perhaps swivels do it? perhaps perhaps perhaps. 1.)Graduated with a painting and drawing degree...2.)work full time at a truck dealership and manufacturing shop-Good stuff, a lot of work and no swivels. Most things are too specific, no room for swivels.

As far as art is concerned after graduating, i have been working mostly on installations, performances, or some combination of the two. Although much of my installation includes painting i have not really just painted the rectangle or the square (2d picture plane) seriously in a little while. I mean i have always been drawing and sketching in the sketchbook and randomly drawing and painting, but i have not completed a series or group of 2d works in a bit. So getting started with this project has been great and has thrown me back into the studio with different goals and tasks. For example working in a 8.5in x 11in format rather then a 30ft x 10ft is quite the difference. So it seems like there is so little to be done in comparison, however making something interesting in such a small format is challenging. So really i have been working on about 10 pieces at once. I have been doing a lot of acrylic transfers, and i my cold ass studio means that drying time is exponentially increased. So there is always time to work on another piece/start a new one or suffer the fate of bordem in the studio.

The benefit of all this is that i have been in the studio about everyday working on things. however i am still not posting on time, mainly because as far as i am concerned as long as i am working on the next 10 posts which should get me to about october i am happy and swiveling. Plus i am trying to avoid the office on the weekends and my scanner is there, if we are lucky i will stop by there today and scan and post.

So my departure point for this theme of swivel...which is infinite... has been rooted in self awareness and how i try to experience the world and how i try to live the world...which is mush like a swivel. I am the center and my awareness swivels 360 degrees around at all times. This idea is rooted in Buddhism, however i really have no attachment to Buddhism, i find Buddhist idea/ philosophy to be universal and does not need a specific religion or belief to understand. All u need is your self and the moment(a paint brush is also nice). Although this 360 degree swivel is very subtle to perceive and experience it is there, you just have to open your eyes a lil, which might mean close them, either way. Art making has introduced me to this concept. Late night in the studio in front of your canvas, your self, you learn and experience things that in the 8-5 world are suppressed, made illigitimate, and considered unnecessary(which i find bogus). So after experiencing these feelings and then reading about how a religion who has been talking about it for 2000 plus years is pretty eye opening...like all this art making actually has truth in it and isnt just some silly past time. So my initial images for selfswivel will probably refer to this 360 degree swivel in some way and also my way back into my self and my studio.

Keep an i eye out and keep swiveling in time... that way you cant be late!