Personal Response: Diptychs

Although I enjoyed this project and am pretty satisfied with the results of my efforts, I believe that it could have easily gone the other way on both fronts.  Shooting slide film was fun---and the process was extremely satisfying---but once I had all my slides, it was nearly impossible to pick good matches for them before I had acquired lots of materials.  I went to the store and started looking for stuff to scan, but I found it difficult to even remember specific details about slides I had only seen on screen for a few minutes.  This naturally made it pretty difficult to find objects that really responded to the photos in my mind.  Instead, I just selected things I thought would be interesting to scan, regardless of their relevance to the slides.  I went up to the studio and started fooling around, and some time later my four diptychs emerged.  I don't know whether it was my own creative instincts that provided for good match-ups, or if it was just luck, but I came away from the project feeling pretty fortunate that the objects I picked up at the store---almost at random---worked so well.  I guess I would be more confident in my own creative abilities if there had been a rough-draft deadline and then a final.  Whenever any pairings are going on, it's always good to step back and maybe change things around after getting some space.