I use the idiom catch-as-catch-can often but I never thought to look it up till today:
A phrase that describes a situation in which people must improvise or do what they can with limited means: “We don't have enough textbooks for all of the students, so it'll be catch-as-catch-can.”
What is most limited in my art life is long stretches of uninterrupted time in which to create, so I improvise with a few minutes grabbed here or snagged there. Way back when my kids were little, I crocheted a delicate cotton lace bedspread for my mom in moments stolen over the course of ten years, 32 square feet crocheted one 6-inch square motif at a time—in a doctor's waiting room, in a theater waiting for a show to begin, in my family room with Olympics on TV …
Today's few minutes:
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grid composition #2
work in progress |
