I am diligently trying to keep up with the art journal project. It seems to touch me at a deeper place than journaling and morning pages do. I haven't done pages in a few days...and I don't miss them. They had degenerated into the "daily whine" of this that and the other thing not getting done. Even concentrating on one affirmation a week did not help much. Maybe I'll try blogging more often.
The Feb journal quilt is called "Opening a Door". I am mentally preparing for a directed diet starting April 2. Being thinner would open so many doors. I feel that I am standing at that doorway and the good things are in there spilling out to me. It is a picture of anticipation and reluctance too. The center "door" is see through organza. The orange parts are a shiny silk that doesn't show up so well. The plant at the lower right is 3D - its leaves are movable.
Yesterday I started my first "art-cloth" These will be for day-bed bolsters. I went to my friend Susie's studio for the day and came away with 8 pieces of nicely dyed cloth. It is marbled and rayed and splotched...a perfect background for further embellishment.
I often tell myself that I, too, would make wonderful art if only I had lovely, organized studio space. It used to be "if only I had the time". Now I have the time that others envy and yet I don't do any more art. I just do it more slowly.
I used to be able to be driven by deadlines. I told myself that I did better work under pressure. What really happened is that I had to be happy with the first shot - there was never time to consider or revise or start over. Over the years not revisiting a piece became habit and I convinced myself that I did not need to revise. What ever I did on the fly was "right".
I think this has led to what I call the Wiley Coyote Syndrome. It is the drive to go on to something completely different rather than reexamine and rework a project that didn't turn out as expected. This year - I'm going to strive NOT to be the Coyote.
The Feb journal quilt is called "Opening a Door". I am mentally preparing for a directed diet starting April 2. Being thinner would open so many doors. I feel that I am standing at that doorway and the good things are in there spilling out to me. It is a picture of anticipation and reluctance too. The center "door" is see through organza. The orange parts are a shiny silk that doesn't show up so well. The plant at the lower right is 3D - its leaves are movable.
Yesterday I started my first "art-cloth" These will be for day-bed bolsters. I went to my friend Susie's studio for the day and came away with 8 pieces of nicely dyed cloth. It is marbled and rayed and splotched...a perfect background for further embellishment.
I often tell myself that I, too, would make wonderful art if only I had lovely, organized studio space. It used to be "if only I had the time". Now I have the time that others envy and yet I don't do any more art. I just do it more slowly.
I used to be able to be driven by deadlines. I told myself that I did better work under pressure. What really happened is that I had to be happy with the first shot - there was never time to consider or revise or start over. Over the years not revisiting a piece became habit and I convinced myself that I did not need to revise. What ever I did on the fly was "right".
I think this has led to what I call the Wiley Coyote Syndrome. It is the drive to go on to something completely different rather than reexamine and rework a project that didn't turn out as expected. This year - I'm going to strive NOT to be the Coyote.
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Yippee! Sue, I didn't even know you had a blog. You should tell me these things. I love the comments and will certainly put in a link when I do the post with your pages. I really enjoyed your being with me in the studio yesterday, and am lucky to count you among my friends, and colleagues.
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