Dear readers,
Today I worked on the same format: 10/10 cm (4/4 inch). And with the same scraps of an old atlas.
I have to finish a whole lot of (other) work before the summervacation starts, so I’m minimizing my time on creative work right now. But as I was thinking this weekend: starting to skip a day feels like a slippery slope to me. Very easily the busy and unpredictable life can take over, and overboard goes creativity-time.
Am I too rigid and afraid? Should I trust the force of creativity more? Should I loosen up a little bit about this daily-creating-thing?
Until now I just feel that even I have a lot of work on my plate I am always taking time to play, and to use really other parts of my brain – not much thinking involved! A great start of the day. Fun!
bye, and I wish you much fun creating!
Simone
LOVE your husband’s orientation: how important ARE those other (noisy) things, actually?!
Yes! I like his remark too.
And it is true: I now often think (when my ‘grown up and responsable’ voices are quite loud): ‘are those other things really that important’. Very often the answer is: not realy…
Simone, I’m enjoying your new “series” (if it becomes that), your “map quest.” Your discussion and questions about creating space for your art every day resonated with me. Skipping a day, and another, and maybe another, can be uncomfortable; committing to making time to paint can be alternately nourishing (the act itself) and crazy-making (other important stuff getting pushed aside or done poorly or in a nasty rush).
A thought: at minimum, commit to pausing fully every single day, early in the day. Come to an absolute complete stop. And listen to what your still quiet self tells you. (Can you tell that I am talking to myself?!)
Thanks!
I can relate to the both nourishing AND crazy-making aspects of daily creating!
I like the idea of coming to an absolute stop. Better than ‘dutifully’ creating with a stressed mind and body. But also very aware of old patterns that tell you that creating isn’t so important.
And my husband last said to me: how important are those other things actually? ARE they really so important? Or do they just shout louder?
You see: I am talking to myself, too! ;-)