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Hey folks, I've not been on the site for a bit so it's nice to see there's some more participants!!

I haven't started anything tangible yet; this is a bit of a challenge for me because recently I've been beginning with the aesthetics/form of a piece and the meaning comes second or simultaneously... so it's different for me to work from a concrete image/message/idea and then execute it. I don't want to make art that is cliche, annoyingly blatant, or contrived; but on the other hand I don't want to be so vague that I never really say anything. I guess I agree with Duke Ellington when he said, "The artist must say it without saying it."

Also I feel I need to clarify (Bill), that I'm not planning on making anything literally explode; I was thinking more of the general feeling or sense of exploding.... we'll see.

Also somebody mentioned literary references dealing with such topics, pieces of poetry etc perhaps? Unfortunately nothing comes to my mind presently but again wanted to call out in case anyone else knows of something... I'll try to look into this...

Anyway this is exciting, even if I have nothing on paper or in space yet. I like this blog thing. And Melissa, I think your idea for the dress sounds great ;)