May 04 2009
Dirty Instruments - preparatory sketch 4 - “Forever Changed”
Further thoughts on the “Dirty Instruments” image make me think how closely related it is to the idea of being “forever changed”. The direction of the passage of the dirty instruments container is not obvious; neither is the foreground, nor what is represented by each side of the door, thus making it a fruitful source for consideration and contemplation. The portal is presumably one-way and the other side of it is unknown, rather like the future. The figure wheeling the trolley has been hidden from view - if only to protect the guilty - but is decidedly on the other side from the void representing “now”.
As ever, I must either stop doodling and finish the picture or get on with my writing …
Dirty Instruments - preparatory sketch 4 - “Forever Changed”
