THE INEVITABLE TRIUMPH. This work has affected me in ways that I did not anticipate. In fact, I think the work is *about* something different from what I intended. I had a somewhat destructive urge to simply black out the paper, to cover it up perfectly with mechanical precision.

Graphite lines, over and over and over side by side until the whole thing was filled uniformly. Here's what happened instead: my attempt to perfectly cover the paper instead highlighted every possible flaw in the process in great detail.

The closer to "perfect" I tried to make it, the more the imperfections were clarified. It is no longer about the intended pattern. It is about all of the details of how it was made: the reloading of pencil lead; the repositioning of the plotter; slight height adjustments that...

occurred when I had to refill the pencil with new pieces of lead; variations within the lead itself; the texture of the paper; the slightly uneven surface that the paper sat on; the wheels within the plotter that allow it to move; the slight wobble of the motors as the plotter...

accelerates and decelerates at the end of a line. Every one of these shows up in the work when you study it. It's not uncommon for me to be surprised by the outcome of generative work, but to be surprised by such a simple technique has been a breath of fresh air.