01/03/2022
Hi, hello, I am back after a much needed break from pretty much everything. I've been taking some time to reflect and set some new intentions for myself in the new year, and more than anything I'm really looking to hone in on my original intentions as an artist; vibrant, unapologetic, and upcycled art. I’ll be sharing how I intend to practice this over the next couple days.
Part 1: Vibrant
This year I am challenging myself to get messy, to practice daily - big or small. To fill my pages with color, newness, and creativity. I am challenging myself to make creation a daily practice, even on days like today, when the blue-grey blanket of depression is especially heavy. I think it is almost more important to practice then, than on the days you're feeling inspired and motivated. Those days when you feel drained, lacking color - too heavy to get up.
Those are the days I truly need to create; to draw, to paint, to write, to pour myself into my work, to breathe and let go.
To spill my organs out on the page.
My knotted stomach
aching heart
tight chest
shaking hands
breathless lungs
teary eyes
trembling lips
This year I feel, and allow myself to feel.
I do not run or hide.
I bear it.
I bare it.
This year I bare the ugly things I so often want to hide; the messy bits I try to ignore and push aside. Instead, I will feel them all and let them go, so they no longer have control.
So here I sit on a grey-turned-blue-sky day, excited & hopeful for this next chapter, despite.
(pictured is an in progress salvaged/mixed-media portrait piece)
