My art practice is a spiritual practice. It’s a place where I’m able to clear away emotional clouds and therefore help facilitate my intuition so that I may see more clearly what my next growth step could be. Improvisation and flexibility can be a thrilling roller coaster ride and so welcoming. My curiosity holds my hand and takes me around the bend to meet myself anew once again.
I love the winter and we got a beautiful blizzard a few days ago and more snow today. I was able to leave work early and went straight to my park aka my sanctuary. I went hiking in rain boots because it’s all I had in the car, knee deep in snow along the frozen reservoir enjoying the silence. I took a bunch of pictures with my phone 🤷🏼♀️. Then sat on a bench looking at the beauty and clearing my head from the stressful week past. I needed to unpeople for a while. I feel more refreshed and creative. I was hard on myself last 100 days, this time I realize it’s not always in the sitting at a desk with a brush (thanks to your wonderful words).
What working by following a plan taught me, is that I am much happier, making things I really like making when I improvise. I start with a sort of image in my head, use fabric from my stash and just go!
I am creating small collages in a small journal as part of my #100 Days of Creativity. It is already teaching me: to show up daily; to play with the papers I have and use the good ones too; to look for contrasts in colour and position; but most importantly, to have fun.
As a soapmaker I have realised innovation and creativity govhand in hand. And if I'm true to myself then without improvisation I can hardly move forward, it's a sort of an urge to push myself towards finesse. I achieve something much more artistic.
It teach me to have courage to embrace, because for me to be able to improvise you have to have courage and be vulnarable as in accept that it can be out of expectation. It makes me comfortable to approach the unknown.
What does improvisation teach you ?
When things aren’t going the way I had planned, I think of an alternative way.
Through the years I have learned to be more flexible. I believe the two can go hand in hand.
If I make a blob on my paper or colors run together, what can I see in it instead of throwing it out.
If my plans go awry, how can I turn it into serendipity?
Is a mistake or misadventure the end of the world? No, it can be another doorway to joy!
My art practice is a spiritual practice. It’s a place where I’m able to clear away emotional clouds and therefore help facilitate my intuition so that I may see more clearly what my next growth step could be. Improvisation and flexibility can be a thrilling roller coaster ride and so welcoming. My curiosity holds my hand and takes me around the bend to meet myself anew once again.
I love the winter and we got a beautiful blizzard a few days ago and more snow today. I was able to leave work early and went straight to my park aka my sanctuary. I went hiking in rain boots because it’s all I had in the car, knee deep in snow along the frozen reservoir enjoying the silence. I took a bunch of pictures with my phone 🤷🏼♀️. Then sat on a bench looking at the beauty and clearing my head from the stressful week past. I needed to unpeople for a while. I feel more refreshed and creative. I was hard on myself last 100 days, this time I realize it’s not always in the sitting at a desk with a brush (thanks to your wonderful words).
What working by following a plan taught me, is that I am much happier, making things I really like making when I improvise. I start with a sort of image in my head, use fabric from my stash and just go!
I am creating small collages in a small journal as part of my #100 Days of Creativity. It is already teaching me: to show up daily; to play with the papers I have and use the good ones too; to look for contrasts in colour and position; but most importantly, to have fun.
As a soapmaker I have realised innovation and creativity govhand in hand. And if I'm true to myself then without improvisation I can hardly move forward, it's a sort of an urge to push myself towards finesse. I achieve something much more artistic.
It teach me to have courage to embrace, because for me to be able to improvise you have to have courage and be vulnarable as in accept that it can be out of expectation. It makes me comfortable to approach the unknown.