October is a month that is for me is a transition month from Autumn into Winter, it doesn't quite know what to do with itself. That is how my art has been all summer long waiting to burst forward into a new phase of excitement and production and I'm still waiting! Don't get me wrong I have been making art but just not finished pieces, I've been enjoying some self healing and mindful drawing as I thought things were just getting too much out of sync with my philsophy. I want my art to be fun and something I can go to which helps me to keep grounded and in the moment, it crates a space in our frantic worlds to just be me. So this summer I would like to say that I have been doing some slow living but on the contrary its been working to make a living by teaching others to enjoy art. Don't get me wrong I really love teaching but it does take away some of your own creative energies.
Do you find that once you start using your creative energy to encourage others that you have less for yourself, or does it help to invigorate your art?
So all my creative energy has gone into smaller paintings and sketchbook work which I have really loved and it's been nice to take my foot of the pedal for a little while, but on the upside of this I can feel my old energy coming back and ideas for new larger work. I do think we all need these spaces to move from one stage to the next just like October!
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