arose after adjacent conversations with shobhan & tunapee; seeing octavio’s light exhibits & the group show by a few itp-‘27 folk.
there is a tendency — even in myself — to be sucked into a new technology, and hiding behind unverifiable claims of being driven by ‘curiosity’; ‘wonder’; and ‘intuition’.
perhaps the first year is about exploring technology — to see what it can afford you as a maker. the second is about being able to apply it. therefore, the real question is not how you’re going to say it; but, rather, what you’re going to say instead. technology must follow; not drive.
letting it drive, prevalently so, is (i think) a prime itp-thesis-trap. i too am a victim of this trap.
related to itp theses traps.