Wow, for me to spend a whole day in my studio doing a project is very, very rare! Because of all else in my life that pulls in a hundred different ways, time is precious for me like that. And I was in my "happy place" the whole time!! Well, mostly the whole time, except when I was scared out of my wits that I would mess something up and have to start it all over. ;o)
And what, pray tell, was the result of all this creativity? That, gentle readers, will have to wait until tomorrow. Partly, because it's late in the day and partly because, I can't show it yet...
I have what is typically called "artist's block" about my artwork. I often come to the place in a drawing where I am stalled - by distraction, by fear, by indecision, by difficulty - you name it, it is a stumbling block of a huge nature. Pretty much always stops me. I am trying to do better lately, where having begun a project, I set myself a time limit for completing it. And I had, last year, a set of "cheerleaders" who tried to keep me accountable to completions! Nothing like teaching to your weakness...I am, quite thankfully, much more understanding about completion deadlines in my students, but laziness is not tolerated - in me or them!
There is a humorous side to this procrastination, though! Years later, I am finding some pretty neat pictures that having been started, won't take much to finish!!
Fear is a big weakness about creating, though. And I am spilling my artistic guts here admitting this. My greatest joy about teaching is giving whatever encouragement I can, to a student to "keep on keeping on" and see God do a work of beauty through their hands, as He IS the author of the gift we have to create. So, why am I not taking my own advice...hmmmm. Today, I worked through that fear and pressed on. Tomorrow, you can decide whether it's done or still need some work. Until then...blessings on the rest of the day!
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