I am a self taught mixed media artist and instructor living in Virginia with my Husband and our family of fur babies. I love all things vintage and strive to use those discarded bits of artistic flotsam and jetsum in my creations. I also love finding those treasures that others can use to feather their souls and their nests so please check out my Etsy Shop as well. Thank you for stopping by.
This past weekend held a gift for us....we had not planned anything, nada, zilch, zippo. There were no lists of things we had to finish, no vintage shops we needed to search through to find perfect items to resale, no proposals due.....it was, in a word, freeing. To be totally in a space where we could choose whatever we wanted to do and, to some extent, we did.
Life threw us a few curve balls like a visit to the ER for Tom, a migraine for me and an upset tummy for Bennie. Now in the past these things would have probably placed me on hold but this weekend I did something I had not done in a long time....I turned to my art for my comfort. I created through the scared feelings and actually was able to see beauty come out of the unknown. It was wonderful and even Tom liked what I was doing. Not bad for someone who doesn't always understand "our" art.
It felt so good to be taking the things I learned at Art Is You in Danbury and actually putting them to good and practical and fun use. <smile> I am loving it all and find myself going between several projects at once. It is AMAZING!!!!!
I had forgotten how therapeutic it could be to hold a paint brush, mold clay, experiment with colors.....just play. When was the last time your fingers were covered in paint and your hair was stuck together with who knows what kind of adhesive? Play days should be mandatory for everyone and most especially artists.......no matter what type of artist you are. <smile>
Tom and I have no trips planned for several months so I am looking forward to having many more play days and perhaps I can even pull Tom into the studio and get his artistic side going. Hmmmmm if I do that who in the world will do the baking? Art/Cookies, Art/Cookies....hard decisions to be made.
What is on your studio table right now? What is holding you back from creating with abandon? What would it take for you to let go and just create straight from your heart? Just begin....one step is all it takes and you will be on your way.
xo,
leave tom alone!!! it was hard enough to endure a week at Art is You with no scones or cookies. NOW you want to pull him away again? tom's cookies ARE his art. nuff said.
Posted by: Sharon W | 10/17/2011 at 02:29 PM
This is exactly how I'm feeling since watching your CollAGe Background video yesterday. I have 2 completed projects and two in the works. Just this morning I tried to run my fingers through my hair and figured there must be some kind of glue in there. Who knows what? My hands are covered in paint and glue. My heart is so happy. Think of cookies as Tom's art and problem solved. :)
Posted by: lisa | 11/20/2011 at 01:12 PM