I often find that having an idea in my head prevents me from doing something else. Working is therefore a way of getting rid of an idea.

A not complete unit or a new unit. The elements in the 3 parts should neither fit nor not fit together. One would like not to be led. Avoid the idea of a puzzle which could be solved. Remove the signs of thought. It is not thought which needs showing.

Early on I was very involved with the notion of the painting as an object and tended to attack that idea from different directions.

There may or may not be an idea, and the meaning may just be that the painting exists.