In context to everything - Bricolage

I haven't blogged in a while so to try get back in the flow of the know, just thought id put this out there.

Over the July break i got a new edition to my makeshift drum kit. Previously i acquired a bass pedal which i swapped for one of my belts. A fellow Jeweler friend gave me a drum kit tambourine, which i'm now using as a type of hi hat.  The other day i was washing the dishes (something i will hate till i die) and discovered the interesting sound quality it had, so i have now appropriated it into a sound source.

I've been wondering a lot about the activities i do collectively and if it is all connected to bricolage. I've discovered in my Jewelery making that i'musing bricolage to make street Jewelery, aswell as music and photography. In the construction of a drum kit I have used bricolage too! Objects have been appropriated into sound sources, Plastic boxes have been used as props for stands, and the snare which sits on a plastic box acts as a bass drum.

Theirs this reoccurring theme of improvisation,where i tend to do things very spontaneously.Its a way of using what you have where you are in any given circumstance. In context to percussion taking found objects and arranging them into a type of sequence feels the same as making jewelry, Its like i'm trying to create this improvised melody which takes place in a moment in any given environment.

All this reflection has been rather enlightening and the significance of realization has steered this ship far beyond the notion of recycling. Im pretty happy about that.