Artist
Lili Ward

 “my inspiration can be so fleeting sometimes so i've gotten into this habit of writing down words in my notes to look at later to hopefully make something out of, but most of the time they are nonsensical groups of words that just end up meaning i have hundreds of pages of notes and nothing to go from. But i think i found the act of writing the notes more gratifying than actually referring back to them. i also recently have been having a kind of resurgence in my use of fabric and larger scaled pieces, finding more value in tangibility and almost finding satisfaction in seeing my art process as labour rather than therapy, more purgative than healing.  a possible link in being drawn to labouring practice recently to (what i see as a very shared, global) frustration. having so many things that i rely on for sanity, happiness, just general health, being withheld from me, this restrictiveness, while it can create room for change, growth etc is mostly just frustrating and learning how to turn that frustration into something productive is a battle that im dealing with every second of everyday, having to remind myself that i dont necessarily have to be productive amidst global panic, a fact i know but seem to have to repeat to myself all the time.”