Robert Irwin’s Unknowns

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What I thought to be the most interesting part of the documentary on Robert Irwin was the idea of unknown result (the way I called it). In the film, Irwin states that he has no clear idea about the way his installation will look like when it’s finished which as he puts it “involves a lot of guessing”. For a long time now I was thinking of how to teach myself to be a thorough thinker and see the result of my work before I actually start it. Due to my little attention span and overexcitement when I encounter elements that I did not think/know of, I can never follow my initial route. For some reason I thought that having a clear vision of accomplished work is something crucial if one is to try him-/herself as an artist. After watching documentary on Irwin I realized that there can be many solutions to solving a problem as well as many ways to achieve the goal. In fact the goal can be a surprise, rather than a present that one finds in the catalogue two month before the holiday.