Like many golfers, when I play golf, I waggle. You may have seen this if you watch golf on television. Some golfers waggle more than others. What's the point of a golf waggle? Well, when you're a decent player, golf becomes a game of precision -- small things can affect the quality of a golf shot. So golfers will waggle, until their stance and their body feels "just right". Then they swing. I feel that in some ways, my collage efforts involve some "waggling" -- especially at the finishing stages of a piece. I was very excited to share an image on this blog back on August 14th. I had been experimenting with some elements in the studio, and really liked this potential composition...
But I did not finalize the composition; and had actually used some of the same elements in others "sketches". This week, I returned to the initial skecth and worked on finalizing it. Here's the finished piece...
If you carefull compare the details in the two pieces, you can probably understand why I thought it was comparable to a golfer waggling. There are a couple minor changes from the original idea -- "artistic waggles". I often agonize over very minor changes in a composition until I get it "just right" (at least, "just right" for me). Then I "put down" (i.e., adhere the elements together... irreversibly). Sometimes it takes several days for me to feel like I have it exactly the way I want it. I'm typically satisfied, precisely because I'm so picky about my waggles.
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