Darcy jones
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Design feels more now like a mirage than it ever did. People have taken a turn towards the esoteric over this period. Either anxious of
their eccentricities or celebrating them and turning over a new leaf. The strange and creative ways people have furnished their houses
either with bizarre internet finds or their own creations speaks to the way we converge, aesthetically without the presence of time to
inhabit and feel out our spaces.
I tried to ritualise my practice towards experimentation. An hour with pencils and paper, an hour with material, another hour to sit and see
the new forms in space(s). To be honest, what I documented over that time reflected more the chaos of uncertainty I was feeling. Committing
to a project securely didn't feel possible in the mental space I was inhabiting. And without the people I love inhabiting the space I
was creating, I was reacting to my anxieties about the world. It's not all gloom.
I had many breakthroughs. I've become comfortable with the idea of experimentation for the sake of it. Several shelved projects
have re-emerged in their correct context. I think sitting with what might have felt like failure for a time is a way to extract the
richer idea that sparked the experiment. We don't drink wine the day after the grapes are picked, or whatever the Italians say,
y'know?
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