In this piece, the 'jig' was very bare bones and consisted of a collection of grids and line art from 'student' sources rotated and composed in different ways. This ended up with a more free-form space than what had been allowed previously [ in My Stars, 2006]. The source material exerted less influence with perhaps just a 'terrible' blueprint in place of which to make cohesive or remain corrupt.

The decision making - in turn - shifted from left-to-right to outward and between 'layers'. The unexpected formal issues arose, problems' of edges, intersections, and focal points. The struggle was creating something whole from a collection of independent alcoves of activity.

Locked in an ivory tower, the planners design the world as things should be, yet the individual only acts where they can and will only act the way they can.

"The reason I like to use pencils is it is one material and there is no real thick or thin or other things so its one rigid component to play with and push to a breaking point. Pencil strokes here simulate building... Painting to me – even abstraction – is inevitably tied to picture making – placing something in a window. When I make paintings I’m trying to hang out in the corners of that window. Drawing [here] is more like running a construction crew of a megalopolis where everything is out of control."
from: Buddhist TV, 2010-2011