Productive Brainstorming Session

2022

Wire, paper towel, meat grinder, lightbulbs, hot glue

I often think of the way my brain processes material as a mouth: chewing, gnashing, pulping.

It masticates thoughts and repurposes them, or stretches them, or refines them.

I don’t have the most healthy relationship with productivity. My perfectionist brain often encourages me to do nothing when I know I won’t be able to complete a task perfectly, and my anxious brain shouts that doing nothing is a waste of time. Relaxation is a reward for those that get things done, and according to my flawed thoughts, I have yet to deserve it.

I’m on a journey to change the way I think, identifying false logic and fallacies in my path. Despite my thoughts that I’ve accomplished nothing, I know this is not the case. The evidence says otherwise.

Seen with Self-Soothing as part of the exhibition, Everything Could Go