Shifting Gears
The Nicholas Wilton free workshop ends as the first week of March closes and, what with that end plus my choosing to shift gears away from my CutUps series plus a confluence of non-art demands bombarding me, I feel at a loss in my art-making.
I go into my studio, wander around, fumble, make marks in my journal, wander back out, wander back in, paint over things, cut out shapes, make fingerprints on a panel from several years ago, talk with Sylvia about not knowing which end is up in my art.
After a few days, something taps me on the shoulder and says, Hang on just a sec, what’s this talk of feeling at a loss? What’s this story you’re telling yourself?
Which is to say, NOW SEE HERE!
Suddenly, it becomes clear to me: I’m not at a loss. In fact, I’m living my biggest best dream for my art!
• Getting messy? 
• Painting every day?
• Opening to surprise?
• Connecting with others?
• Saying hello to I don’t know?
Once I recognize the above, the one missing bit of my dream clicks into place:
• Having fun?
Good thing I spoke my dream out loud yesterday. I was the one most needing to hear what I had to say.
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8 responses to “Shifting Gears”
Don’t you love it when we actually listen to ourselves! Speaking your dream list out loud was time well spent.
Have fun as you get messy, paint, be surprised and connect!
What a beautiful get messy painting…and fun pile of color on the side!
You could even paint on parts of the fabric you add to have it connect and flow! Anything is possible when you are open to surprises!
MaryAnn, I DO appreciate when I listen to myself. Can’t always count on it, so I’m especially grateful when my words penetrate and help me along!
LOVE that you get to be a fly on the wall through my blog, spying the fusible fabric swatches that originated in your studio. Thanks for the tip about connecting fabric and paint to connect flow.
With the get-messy fun on display here I discovered an unanticipated use for the swatches. Without ever actually fusing any in place, I held one or another against my emerging to work to audition ideas and point me in directions. Very helpful and grand fun.
So many possibilities!
The painting of yours featured in your most recent newsletter is what sparked me to use this palette (YOUR palette) and start playing with layering and collage and shapes and marks on the 6 x 6″ panel. THANK YOU! It was funny/interesting to see how ‘rusty’ I felt.
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