The Loss of the Creature

We are communicators. As communicators we need vision, a perspective, context, and better language—for ourselves and for others. And we need the real thing, the creature, not the specimen. Working as a collaborative cohort, the class encounters, identifies, and deciphers working habits that get in the way of what an individual artist sees. Throughout the semester, each student presents their impasse/ barrier/ blind spot, and the collective brings fresh eyes and hands in order to engage physically and mentally with the presenter’s difficulty. Full participation for and with others leads to a broader approach, and the ability to re-envision without habit’s baggage—to see the unseen, to find the creature. 

Seeing the Unseen is taught by Taylor Davis every other spring semester.