Uncertainty is an essential category

In the words of William Kentridge "The idea is to start with a fragment of something imminent.An impulse, a phrase , a quote or an image and then work on till you can  make sense of it.You can mix up scenes through a process of accretion till the story finds itself a structure and a subject.It is more about the process of construction from fragments that one later reinterprets.A demonstration of how we make sense of the world rather than a reenactment of what the world means to us.It is not a process of facts and figures but rather a process of gradual unfolding.There is uncertainty at the start, an absence of a definite script or a storyboard and an emblematic way in which we understand the world.We do not have access to the complete information.We cannot take it in.We take in fragments- a photograph ,a memory , a dream,  a headline, a phone conversation and through these fragments we can create a walking collage of thoughts and ideas.It involves tracking parts of the brain that defies rational planning or conscious thoughts.We must allow an openness for something to happen at the fringes or the edges. The key is not to know the answer, to hang onto as long as possible, to provisionality and uncertainty.It involves giving an idea a benefit of doubt. Even it it might seem to fail in the beginning, you might realize later that it has tremendous potential or something that looks flawless and workable in the beginning might seem a failure towards the end but this a risk you have to take as an artist.For me using autobiographical elements is essential- like my memories, prejudices, rationality,history, readings of texts are collected together as visual metaphors that are projected on the physical work.The work itself is a physical embodiment of ideas using materials such as paper, clay, wood, steel.You have to make a series of practical decisions and considerations in the hope that in the end you will arrive at what you were thinking in your subconscious mind."