0:00:11.180,0:00:14.420 [Bali, Indonesia] 0:00:15.680,0:00:21.420 Because the sun sets at the same time[br]all year round in Bali, 0:00:22.780,0:00:25.660 there's a sense that time is standing still-- 0:00:25.660,0:00:28.700 that it's just one long summer. 0:00:32.880,0:00:35.820 There's this feeling of peacefulness 0:00:35.820,0:00:38.480 and of not feeling rushed. 0:00:39.740,0:00:43.980 This routine that is really tied into[br]the rhythm of the world around you. 0:00:43.980,0:00:45.480 [Sound of ducks quacking] 0:00:52.100,0:00:55.500 ["Drawing from Life in Bali"] 0:00:59.100,0:01:01.980 New York is where I'm from,[br]and it's where I grew up, 0:01:01.980,0:01:04.960 and it's still where[br]I will always come back to. 0:01:05.340,0:01:08.920 But I also know that the most important thing[br]to make good work 0:01:10.620,0:01:11.920 is time 0:01:12.780,0:01:13.940 and space. 0:01:13.940,0:01:15.560 Living in Bali, 0:01:15.560,0:01:17.760 that's where I was going to[br]have the most of it. 0:01:22.940,0:01:25.840 I wake up around 6:30 0:01:25.840,0:01:28.140 because the sunrise is so bright. 0:01:29.520,0:01:33.640 By 8:30, I start setting things up[br]in the studio. 0:01:34.900,0:01:39.240 The cat gets locked outside[br]so that he doesn't run all over the drawings. 0:01:47.720,0:01:51.700 Nopi and Wiwik would arrive at 9:00, 0:01:53.960,0:01:56.980 --Draw from here to here? 0:01:56.980,0:01:57.800 --Yeah. 0:02:04.880,0:02:10.320 and Nyoman around 10:30[br]to do the offerings for the house. 0:02:30.560,0:02:36.580 It's this nonstop flow of[br]ceremonies and rituals. 0:02:41.720,0:02:44.940 Everybody is tending to the energy[br]of the island. 0:02:44.960,0:02:47.180 Everybody is feeding it. 0:02:52.060,0:02:56.960 In Bali, there are these temples[br]built around naturally occurring springs. 0:02:57.400,0:03:00.440 You approach the water and have this feeling 0:03:00.440,0:03:03.099 of deep reverence and deep respect 0:03:03.100,0:03:06.100 for this place and this substance. 0:03:08.180,0:03:12.780 And then, that you get to go inside of it[br]is really powerful-- 0:03:13.340,0:03:16.160 this feeling of going down and going in. 0:03:18.740,0:03:22.980 The next day, I always felt[br]that something had been let go of-- 0:03:22.980,0:03:27.640 that something really had been washed off[br]that I was carrying around. 0:03:28.500,0:03:33.140 I wanted to be able to draw something[br]from that experience-- 0:03:34.020,0:03:38.340 to try and make a visual memory. 0:03:45.820,0:03:49.540 Drawing is not something that flourishes[br]in the tropics. 0:03:50.140,0:03:52.600 Paper will not last. 0:03:53.280,0:03:55.420 The air is extremely humid, 0:03:55.420,0:03:58.780 so many pages are going to warp in a few days. 0:03:59.240,0:04:03.140 I was able to have this[br]very simple glass case made 0:04:03.140,0:04:06.260 so I could put a small dehumidifier in. 0:04:06.680,0:04:10.520 Anything that I wasn't currently working on[br]would just stay in there. 0:04:18.360,0:04:22.120 Penestanan was a small village[br]that was built by 0:04:22.120,0:04:25.020 the community of traditional Balinese artists. 0:04:25.880,0:04:27.760 Expats started moving there 0:04:27.760,0:04:31.159 and things started to develop[br]further into the rice fields. 0:04:32.100,0:04:34.320 There was a big footprint that happened 0:04:34.320,0:04:37.340 from all of us tourists being there. 0:04:37.920,0:04:41.580 In just the three years that I've been there,[br]I've seen it change a lot. 0:04:42.840,0:04:47.080 But life manages to go on somehow, 0:04:47.480,0:04:49.260 uninterrupted by it. 0:04:52.120,0:04:56.020 I had moved to this new country[br]and I didn't have any friends there. 0:05:04.000,0:05:07.500 The scariest part was[br]my relationship had ended, 0:05:07.500,0:05:12.760 and I wasn't sure how I could make the work[br]not being in love, 0:05:14.580,0:05:20.039 because it always felt like[br]love brought so much exuberance 0:05:20.039,0:05:23.899 and that was really the source for my drawings 0:05:23.899,0:05:25.720 for a very long time-- 0:05:25.720,0:05:28.500 at least for what I considered to be[br]my best work. 0:05:29.480,0:05:30.600 And I just thought, 0:05:32.280,0:05:34.560 "I don't know if I can draw if I'm sad." 0:05:34.560,0:05:36.300 "I don't know if I can draw if I'm depressed." 0:05:36.300,0:05:39.820 "I don't know if I can draw when I'm fearful." 0:05:40.540,0:05:45.000 And, actually, it was so nice to be able to[br]have drawing, 0:05:45.000,0:05:49.020 because it was like the one part of my life[br]that was still the same. 0:05:50.520,0:05:53.060 Me in the studio with paper 0:05:53.060,0:05:56.060 was there whether or not I was in a relationship. 0:05:56.340,0:05:58.900 It's definitely not as easy as[br]when you're in love, 0:05:58.900,0:06:00.400 but it's possible, 0:06:00.400,0:06:03.740 and it's so nice to have a practice[br]that sustains you. 0:06:05.580,0:06:08.200 [The Drawing Center, SoHo, Manhattan] 0:06:27.660,0:06:31.300 When I had the opportunity to[br]do the show at The Drawing Center, 0:06:31.740,0:06:36.720 I wanted to imagine energy[br]taking a form of a physical body. 0:06:38.420,0:06:40.640 I drew an embryo forming. 0:06:41.060,0:06:44.760 I looked at some scientific diagrams[br]of how cells divide, 0:06:47.620,0:06:49.980 and then just sort of follow that[br]through a life-- 0:06:50.720,0:06:53.380 finishing at the disintegration of the body 0:06:54.340,0:06:56.300 and return to formlessness. 0:07:10.080,0:07:14.280 I knew I wanted to do this oval room[br]that was one big drawing 0:07:14.280,0:07:17.140 and in the same air as you were. 0:07:17.700,0:07:20.800 That it was fragile but it held together. 0:07:21.720,0:07:28.180 Having the work unframed was this[br]really nice aspect of vulnerability. 0:07:28.180,0:07:31.660 That was really how I'd felt[br]that year back in Bali: 0:07:31.660,0:07:32.940 super vulnerable. 0:07:43.640,0:07:46.840 Aaron composed the music in the space[br]for the drawings. 0:07:48.900,0:07:52.040 It was this sort of very sparse compositions 0:07:52.040,0:07:54.720 that felt like a slow breath. 0:07:57.400,0:07:59.779 And, really, I think it was 0:07:59.779,0:08:03.960 the sound of Aaron's gamelans[br]that gave this very peaceful atmosphere 0:08:03.960,0:08:07.940 where people kind of felt this sanctuary[br]that they had stepped into, 0:08:07.940,0:08:09.160 having come off the street. 0:08:10.570,0:08:11.700 I know, for myself, 0:08:11.710,0:08:13.800 even when I come across[br]something that I love-- 0:08:13.800,0:08:16.380 that maybe I've travelled far to go see-- 0:08:17.100,0:08:20.440 sometimes you only spend[br]thirty seconds in front of it. 0:08:22.800,0:08:24.120 I was really thinking about 0:08:24.120,0:08:27.180 how much time we spend[br]in front of a work of art. 0:08:28.700,0:08:33.260 And I always wanted to make an atmosphere[br]where someone would have long enough 0:08:33.260,0:08:35.740 to travel through the drawings in their mind. 0:08:39.160,0:08:44.500 I realized that that moment is actually[br]more beautiful to me than any finished drawing, 0:08:44.500,0:08:49.000 because it's the potential of a drawing[br]that I'm never actually able to make. 0:08:54.860,0:08:59.580 [Since filming,[br]Louise met someone new and they had a child.] 0:08:59.580,0:09:02.760 [They still live in Bali.]