Familiarity

I find that I like doing things in series. Not so unusual - most artists and designers, and everyone in any endeavor likes working this way. Routine, the anathema of the creative mind, is absolutely necessary in order for us to have a baseline from which we measure our progress. An experiment conducted only once is an event without context. Doing it twice, we can make comparisons. Many times, and patterns begin to emerge. How we use each experience creates the direction in which we evolve. All of this may seem self evident, but I find it useful to see these obvious things as though for the first time.a quick sketch of the familiar coffee mug and another Rad Davis pipe - part of his work in series.

a little later, a little more coffee