For a long time I haven't exercised my creative side...actually, that's not entirely true, I have been creative, just not artistically creative in the way I used to be. I'm not beating myself up over this, I've had a lot to do, raising children, working, running a business, being a wife, looking after a home, keeping a blog (albeit erratically). But...my easel lies empty...my paints have dried up...my art supplies box gathers dust. Over time I've had little whispers from the part of me that misses making art. Sometimes I've answered soothingly that one day I'll get back to it, sometimes (most times) I've just ignored it. Like many ignored things the whispers became more insistent...so that they were not so much whispers anymore as irritated hisses, then shouts, then heart aches and lustful thoughts of long afternoons abandoned to acrylic, oil and pastel.
A couple of months ago I decided that there was never going to be a convenient time to get arty again. There would always be something to do, someone needing my attention and/or a job to be done. I couldn't put it off any longer, I had to create, but I've forgotten how. I struggled to see where it would fit in my life nowadays...I still don't really have an answer to that. What I did decide however, is that I was going to drop some other things for a while and give that time to art. I looked for inspiration and found it here and joined up, being an EssCee* seems like a calling.
Then I decided that for the month of August I would take a little break from social media, let my friends out there in the Twitter, Facebook and Google+ lands miss me a little and devote some time to getting all painty and gluey.
So now what? Today I will pull out my art supplies and see what's there (and still usable). I may shop for replacements. I may doodle a little in an art journal I bought several years ago that still lies pristine and untouched. I may rummage through my collage images and I may actually begin a project. I'll see how the spirit moves me...but it will be baby steps, all the way.
I’m hoping this creative break also includes more blogging.
*S.C. Spiritual Creative
6 comments:
I seem to do most of my painting in the winter months, when I'm stuck indoors. The only alternative is dusting.
oh have fun with your creative side~i look forwards to seeing some works of art :)
I'm so grateful you found the studio, and sooooo inspired by your renewed commitment to get creative. Please let me know if there's any way I can help. <3
I shall have fun Laoi, in fact I already had some! There will be pics.
Thanks Effy, I love the studio already and I am likewise inspired by YOU!
It is good to see that you have more time for blogging.
That sarcasm is extremely unbecoming Dave.
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