Page 62 part 3

Continuing from our opening frames here we have the next stage in the creation of page 62. We left the page (see below) at the point where Tom Phillips had started to identify the pockets of text across the page through which he would build his narrative, here he continues to examine the options, centre right of the page a number of possibilities are explored closely and loosely, with heavy markings and cancellations, at this stage appearing chaotic but through which the flow will open up. This is the most unresolved appearance of the page, the one in which multiple options are ventured (click on the image to enlarge). Meanwhile on the brown gumstrip surrounding the page some personal aides memoire appear, email addresses and reminders to invite friends to the ROH preview of a new opera of Conrad's Heart of Darkness (that Tom Phillips has designed and written the libretto to). The gumstrip won't remain in the finished version so these are just doodles in the margin and, intriguingly give us a time capsule of the peripheral concerns of the maker whilst the work continues centre stage.