"Projects, like other meaning-making processes, work in part because they exclude. Signal becomes signal, through often painful designations of what will, for the moment, count as noise."
This quote reminds me a great deal of a quote I learned of by Stuart Hall. While I do not recall the exact text of this quote, he asserts that one can keep on going theorizing and describing a social phenomenon. But at some point one has to take a stand, to take action. Making a project is painful--I am of the combination and contexture disorder variety. I have a strong feeling that guides me towards what seems most relevant/interesting, but then the exact object I am seeking out eludes me. After a certain point, I have to act as a DJ of sorts, adjusting the volume settings of various keys to determine a preferred arrangement. However, I am then left wondering what I may be missing out on with a different arrangement. What if the object I really want to find is elsewhere, and not here where I have been searching?
