I don't know about the rest of you, but I feel best when I'm being creative.
A few hours at a crop, seeing the photos and papers coming together into scrapbook pages....
A couple of hours at my art table, turning found objects into Steampunk-style jewelry or textural art...
Grabbing some paper, paints, sketching pens and brushes and heading out to do some little paintings of a leaf, a flower or even an interesting twig....
I lose myself, and all sense of time when I create. I smile, even if I'm completely alone. I feel energized after, as though the creating fed something that was hungry.
So here's my question...if it feels so good, and I get so much joy from it, WHY DON'T I DO MORE OF IT????
Why is it so hard for me to find/take the time to spend 3 hours creating, when I know the benefits will last for days? Am I the only one, or do others have the same experience? If you do, what is it that's keeping us from art?
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You are not the only one. I wish I knew what it was that kept me from creating. Sometimes I think it's that my worktable is always covered in stuff, but on Monday I had a deadline to get something made and I worked around the mess.
A friend told me about a book entitled Art and Fear which talks about the things that get in the way of creating. I probably should check it out!
~Marilee
Lindsay, I am a fellow Examiner, and I'd like to run a story idea by you. Please contact me at thekohser at gmail. Thanks. (You can delete this comment.)
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