Return To Invisible, background notes, part III

Thoughts 2024, coming out the other side

1. At some point along the way I started considering in more detail the impact of attention and feedback in my art-making process, not so much external but primarily internal

2. By removing the expectation of what an image was going to be (because it will be long forgotten by now) what will I pay attention to

3. By design not being able to look at the images I made during the five years meant there was also no feedback loop where I was able to build on what I had made by reacting to the infinite tiny paths that open up by accident. In realising that I am a person that naturally iterates as a part of my art-making process, and that I had severed the feedback loop completely, I wonder whether this severance will be visible

4. Towards the end, it felt like I had created a project for myself that was very apt given the starting point was a response to thoughts on social media - I was shooting for the sole purpose of finishing the project with minimal inspiration or motivation left, I felt there were parallels in this with the idea of 'creating content' that is so prevalent in today's culture. This was entirely unintended.

5. Although I had successfully created more personal space and privacy, I had not been able to predict how the constant and somewhat forced nature of the image making would feel over such a long period of time

6. It has now been seven months since I finished, there are days when I miss it; it gave me purpose