S: What about digital collage?
L: The tactile aspect of the work is really important to me. Somehow, cutting up these little things and putting them together is far different than sitting in front of a screen. Digital is fascinating to me, but given the choice...
S: Wait 'til everyone has a data glove and 3-D art program, when the digital environment is as real as grabbing, cutting and pasting, but also expands beyond what's physically possible.
L: (orgasmically) Yeah!
S: Cross your fingers that the technology evolves... and that Bill Gates has nothing to do with it.
L: I have faith it will happen. When I wanted to put my work on fabric I didn't know how and the technology didn't exist. And then a way to do it fell in my lap. A similar thing happened with metal. So I have faith in the digital world.
S: Given that exposure on the Net can make your virtual doorbell ring a thousand times an hour, what would you like?
L: I would like that momentum to feed me, to nourish me, to stimulate more creativity but also to open up new doors so that I can do more work.
S: So this isn't about selling out of your current inventory.
L: Not at all. I'd like people to say, "Oh, wouldn't it be neat if I had that work for something else. Like a commissioned piece for a book cover or CD cover or a large portrait." I just want a stimulus to do more.
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