you can lead a horse to water but a pencil must be led.

 This was my favorite piece of work from Berlin.  It said the pencil points were balanced but I suspect glue was involved.  It reminds me of a quote from the scupltor Richard Wentworth.

Richard Wentworth said: 'I find cigarette packets folded up under table legs more monumental than a Henry Moore. Five reasons. Firstly the scale. Secondly, the fingertip manipulation. Thirdly, modesty of both gesture and material. Fourth, its absurdity and fifth, the fact that it works.'

I wasn't sure what you didn't want me to comment on today as I drove your rubbish to the tip but I share your concern that our initial attempts to talk about the project and build a mezzanine were not quite right.  Although I think some good ideas did come out. 

My first question is for you to say what was you didn't feel was working and write it on here (nicely as its my birthday) - I think it was something about the creative/aesthetic decisions on the making of the things you are about to make. specifically not to make suggestions about what you could do? .

 I think this is possible and probably necessary yet in an inquiring way encourages me to ask what this means.

Is it a separation of the thinking from the making- a desire to reflect looking backwards through the lens of an object that is brought into the world.  Are you looking for post par-tum context? do you want a sprinkle of theory as a way to push things forward, a way to make sense? 

The places where I have found this kind of thing helpful are focused reading groups.  Perhaps we could read this together. Building and Dwelling by Heidegger 

But how else can mortals answer this summons than by trying on
their part, on their own,
to bring dwelling to the fullness of its nature? This they accomplish when they build out
of dwelling, and think for the sake of dwelling.  

 

Its a very easy read (for Heidegger) and I think is far enough away from but close enougth to your project to allow us to have a removed but connected conversation. Maybe give ourselves 3 weeks ?  .