Trust the Process: A Studio Experiment in Emergence

21.03.2023

In the middle of a shared studio space, I built something quiet.

A little thinking altar.

A space to return to.

A place to ask without rushing to answer.

I called it a process installation –

but really, it was a thinking space - a living reminder

that not everything we grow shows itself right away.

Three sweet potatoes.

A timeline.

A few hand-written notes.

No big declarations.

Just observation, patience, and presence.

It became my companion through a phase of deep searching, doubt, and creative unfolding.

Every day, I looked at it and remembered:

Trust the process.

Some things emerge in their own time.

All they need is space to become.

Eventually, I had to take it down.

I was asked why it took up space.

Maybe this is the answer:

Because the process needs space too. And sometimes, holding space for the unseen is the most radical part of the work.

The natural instinct is such a powerful force –

an energy that knows just one path:

to become.

To thrive, no matter what.

You might have noticed that the timeline sequence is somewhat strange.

True – the labels mingled all of a sudden – who knows why.

Some dates slipped, the logic got fuzzy. (To be honest, I think someone rearranged it just for fun… but we mustn’t say that out loud. 😉)

But here’s the thing:

What emerges isn’t always tidy – but it’s true.

Living systems don’t follow straight lines.

They grow in spirals, through humour, mischief, doubt, and delay.

So no, I didn’t get the timeline “right.”

But I got the message — and it’s still growing.

After all, it’s not what we perceive — but how we respond to it that shapes what becomes. (Call it design. Or call it the law of correspondence.)

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