Process Archives - Edward Ficklin

Watches of the Night

shirtless male, gazing intently to the side with hand raised in dramatic gesture; an ivy vine is gently draped over the hand which is transforming from flesh to gold

Like a walk in a garden, you catch a glimpse of delicate creature coyly flirting with visibility among the flowers. You feel a brief spark that invites a longer look and maybe leaves a gently joyous, lingering sensation.

The office, but not THAT office

close up of little statuettes of laughing buddhas and a meditating frog perched beside a laptop on a desk

Today I make one thing. I may make something different tomorrow. I close down by hitting a kind of reset button on the office, restoring it to a ready state–ready for tomorrow’s adventure.

Workshopping Reality

an empty wooden chair in a spotlight on an empty stage

Everything that’s not burning hot like that hothouse, not pushing and pulling to reshape us into our most glorious selves, not utterly committed and vulnerable, is the mistake, the fake, the loss, the near miss.