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This Artist's way thing is a little scary. Not in the movie kind of way, but in the right time right place kind of way. I feel pretty cheesy. Granted, I've been working on my creativity for a couple of years now. So it makes a lot of sense.
More photos and drawings have come out of my daily work. More ideas come to me. My confidence is increasing. I've taken risks I wouldn't have.
I hope I'm not moving too fast.
...And is never seen by anybody but the artist, is it still art?
A pretty good question, eh? Does it become art once it's pulled out and framed or worn? Will we ever know?
Fact is, we have about 60 items listed between our two shops, and hundreds in trays in my basement. How on earth is anybody going to see the basement dwellers between shows?
One of the new habits I'm trying to cultivate is photography. My new phone is helping with day to day pictures, yay for a decent phone camera. The Tumblr blog has been pretty busy. But it's still no good for really good pictures. With all my frustration, I've been avoiding the real camera and good lighting and well thought out backdrops.
So, the new routine is "get one good photo a day". I'll take two or three, sure thing! But even one is better than leaving the camera and the pieces hiding in the basement. Spring weather is helping out, sunshine, overcast-Sure! bring it! Just as long as we avoid the four letter word beginning with s, I'm fine.
Here's one from today.
A little work and I can get some things listed. Slow progress is better than none!
-Simbelmynë
I've got a new favorite comic
Oglaf
(warning, this comic is generally NSFW)
I have felt this way more than once.
My muse and I have not been on speaking terms for the last couple of months. And it's been bugging me. A lot.
So I busted out a notebook and started writing Morning Pages, the only part of the Artist's Way I've managed to internalize the first time I tried to do the process outlined in the book.
And my dear friend who I've been taking many art classes with said "Wait, I need to find my copy of the book!" I had asked another dear friend what she has done about artist's block, as I'd been working on a piece for her for literally weeks and not getting anything done, and she mentioned the book in the first line of her response. Sometimes it's just time for an idea.
So I'm finishing week one.
And it's clicking this time.
Seriously. Like my muse, when the time is right, I just have to do a thing. Why can't the time be right when I first WANT to do it?
My muse has already started speaking to me again. Even if it's only in fits and spurts.
-Simbelmynë
