This week went by incredibly fast and getting all the tasks, Morning Pages, Artist Date, etc. done was just under the line of my due date, last night at midnight. Writing three pages of Morning Pages, every morning, without cheating by writing large or drawing pictures was a challenge. Just going with the flow, writing down whatever *stuff* comes to mind - without the interference with my internal self editor - makes me feel like I am just trashing everything in sight. But getting the junk out leaves room for good things pouring in and I'm willing to do the work required.
Not that everything in the Morning Pages is all bad news however... I do find myself pouring out ideas for things to work on, gentle 'to do' lists andthat sort of thing. If I could ever turn that list of ideas into real working art and organizing them along some template or form, I'd be able to really work through things in a series, etc. Perhaps there is some kind of freeware out there that does that kind of thing, perhaps for writers and I can adapt it to series art? I'm open to suggestions.
My artist date this week was terrific for someone who has my particular slant on quilt art that is also assemblage/collage based. I went to my local, old-school hometown hardware store,Grisanti's. Now this store can hold anything from nails, PVC extenders to 2 inch forms for making chocolate candy bears. They always keep askingif they can help me, they are very service oriented, (not like the box stores) and they can't understand why I just like to wander, laugh and come up to the counter with a conglomeration of stuff that just looks like cr@p! But I had a terrific time.
My tasks,including creating personal affirmations that counter my inner critic's blurts of, "you're not a real artist", "when was the last time you sold something?", etc. have become easier to do this week. I am working with them in more detail and not just taking short-cuts to say I completed things (to serve who's interest?) BTW, my alternate lives (if I could live them) this week were: clothing designer, cake decorator, florist, art teacher for K-12, and I can't remember.
So, all in all, it was a pretty good week with me getting work started, finished and other stages in between. The important thing is...I'm working as an artist. And in the end, that's all I'm looking for.
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