Artistic Musings

Last night I made it to the art canvas.  I finished the head of the Quetzcoatl and left him as just a stone head.  He felt finished as a sketch.  I moved on to the the next item on the list for the #Creatuanary2019 challenge for the hydra.  I did a bit of research to see what people had done and found some wonderful and amazing pieces!!  I set aside the imagry that had filled my computer and laid down a basic head shape and some circles for eyes, and then dove in..  It gained a life of it's own that was not a hydra of any kind, more of a moth muppet/puppy that really really wants to play...  so I went with it.  He is as of yet unfinished - but he's still showing me where his lines are.  The canvas is finally speaking to me again after a very long hiatus of not listening.  I can feel the stirrings of a new and stronger relationship with the images that are waiting to become visual under my fingers and imagination.  For now - ...

Three and a half years have gone by since my last post.  I know what happened.  I joined college and went to upper L classes pretty quick.  It was taking all my time and then some just to get through the classes.  I currently have 14 more classes left before I graduate - but I had to step back.  My boys are close to graduating High School and they are needing me more now than ever in different ways.  They need me to pay attention to their needs for travel, social activites and such - but they also need me to be present.  The circumstance that forced me to quit was rather awful - but we made it through and I realized just how un-focused I was. I have created for school - but not really for myself.  And to be honest I was only creating with a tiny portion of who I am that felt safe at the time.  Alot of my work that came out of college was very child like - my professional side got buried and was so busy hiding that I honestly was only functi...