Collage Botanica Diary, 3: Quagmire / August 5, 2024

August 5, 2024

Collage Botanica Diary, 3: Quagmire

Great word! I’m loving the squishy flat-footed messy sound of that word, even though I find myself in a protracted mental and creative quagmire of late.

Nothing for it but to take one squishy flat-footed messy step at a time, no matter how small and/or painstaking, so that’s what I’m doing.

work in progress in my quagmire studio

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   Joyful Puttering

   August 5, 2024 at 12:24 pm

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   It IS a great word Dotty….and all of us artists spend a good deal of time wallowing in it. The one messy step at a time is the only way out! And sometimes….magic can happen in the mess!

   I do like that little corner of a piece I see! Those “word daisies(?)” are pretty cool!

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      Dotty Seiter

      August 5, 2024 at 1:52 pm

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      Thanks, MaryAnn, I’m hoping for magic despite feeling stuck currently. Magic or not, I’ll take more steps to see what I learn.

      The word daisies are part of a piece I painted several years ago and love. What you see in the photo here is a photo enlargement of that piece that became a page in one of my annual calendars. I thought it might inform some of my choices with my quagmire-in-progress.

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         Joyful Puttering

         August 6, 2024 at 8:11 am

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         Thanks for the clarification. It’s always good to revisit what we love for inspiration.

         Is that an image of a can on the right? So interesting.

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         Dotty Seiter

         August 6, 2024 at 10:26 am

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         Yes, image of a can! From one of my boxes of magazine-page collage fodder.

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   imajenationgmailcom

   August 5, 2024 at 1:57 pm

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   quagmire!!!!! Omg! A perfect word for art stuckness, rumination, procrastination, uncertainty…my brain just jumped at this word! It is me this week, too! Ack! Applauding your squishy, messy moving forward anyway. huzzah!

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      Dotty Seiter

      August 5, 2024 at 2:16 pm

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      Here’s what I love about my blog: I can be wallowing in a quagmire in my studio but you, dear friend, and my other art friends, can see the squishy messy slog as cause for celebration, applause, and huzzahs! YES! THANK YOU, Lola!

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   roseanne333

   August 5, 2024 at 5:41 pm

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   I can’t wait to see what comes of that piece. I’m liking it already, Dotty. Maybe it needs some time to percolate. Sometimes I set something aside for weeks, months. I say to myself that I’ll know what comes next when the time is right. ♥️

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      Dotty Seiter

      August 5, 2024 at 7:48 pm

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      Roseanne, so grateful for your encouragement to pause. For starters, I’m pausing right now for three conscious breaths. Thank you, thank you.

      Percolation for this piece may be just the ticket : )

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   Sheila Marie Delgado

   August 15, 2024 at 11:42 pm

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   … squishy flat-footed messy …

   Love that! Love seeing that you are having fun as well! xoxo

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      Dotty Seiter

      August 16, 2024 at 6:37 am

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      Thanks for echoing squishy flat-footed messy back to me. This piece—a surprising challenge.