Action 8: Making Without Thinking

For all my past actions I had been working in pattern. Coming up with a plan, researching a bit and making something out of it. Also, most of it involved, me surfing the internet. For this action I wanted to do something that did not involve the use of internet or my laptop. I wanted to come up with an action that was not planned.

So I sat on my bed, (changing your place really helps!) put together some things I could find in my room, these included:

  • Cardboard
  • A4 sheet
  • Scissors
  • Ruler
  • Colors
  • Cutter

I decided to put a repeat timer of 5 minutes and click a picture every time the timer went off.

The series of images below is what I ended up doing with the things I had.

0-5 mins.
5-10 mins.
10 – 15 mins.
15-20 mins.
20-25 mins.
25-30 mins.
30-35 mins.
35-40 mins.

I would not call this the end of my action but working with paper has really helped me break the cycle of just working on my laptop. It was nice to do something different after a long time. Working with electronic mediums has become monotonous and moving on to future actions I wish to incorporate more materials in my practice.

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