Have you ever had so many ideas swirling around in your head that you felt you could not harness them? You want to paint, draw, make wine glasses, design a new class, etc. but you literally cannot release them. It is like a Creative Clog in the system! I have been suffering from this and there is no magic pill to release it........sometimes you just got to wait it out. This week I have felt like that. It is almost like going in my studio puts pressure on me to feel creative so I walk out.
This week I decided to walk out of it.....grab a new journal and go outside to practice something I was scared to try. Doodling. Just me and a black & white pen. Every now and again I want to add some little doodles/drawings to my paintings but I am afraid. This is my way to let lose and let it flow. Joanne Sharpe puts that so well.....just let it go. So in the classroom I go for Doodle Arts & Letters to learn to let it flow!
I literally went outside.....outside the studio and with Mother Nature to give myself a big swift kick in the rear.....
Here is just the beginning of my creative jumpstart where I learn something new, let it flow, let it go and just enjoy the process.............
I cut the first few pages in half to practice.....
Then it was doodle time!
Time to play with my white gel pen....
So as I always love to inspire others it was time to refuel my own creative tank and continue to learn and grow. It is the whole process. As the message from the bottle said this week. Just BE.
Happy Friday. You will find me this weekend with my doodle journal and my pens out and about.....
"Having a dream, is awesome. Having a dream and showing up every day, even when nothing seems to be
happening, is priceless. But having a dream and showing up every day, while sauntering, winking, and
hugging everyone, is when the floodgates begin to tremble."
Thank you! Can't wait for Tuesday!!
Posted by: mary friederichsen | Friday, June 21, 2013 at 10:07 AM
Wow, those are great. Glad you found your mojo. Doodling was one of the first art things I did. Really enjoyed it. I go back and look through my doodling and have found things to use in my journaling. Looking back at some of the things you did before, another good way to find your mojo.
Posted by: Kathy | Friday, June 21, 2013 at 01:26 PM
That's some advance doodles!!
I guess I should get myself a doodle notebook, lately I've been doodling on post its during staff mtgs (shh don't say anything)!
Posted by: Carmen | Saturday, June 22, 2013 at 02:50 AM
I am the post it note closet doodler when I am on the phone so I decided to just keep a doodle book handy and let it go! Thanks Carmen!
Posted by: Tracy Weinzapfel | Saturday, June 22, 2013 at 09:54 AM
Me too Kathy...I have notebooks from school covered in doodles so kinda cool to re-explore that side and just play a bit with a new medium.
Posted by: Tracy Weinzapfel | Saturday, June 22, 2013 at 09:55 AM
me too Mary...sounds like we both need it!
Posted by: Tracy Weinzapfel | Saturday, June 22, 2013 at 09:55 AM
Love these! I should try this! I just had some Be wine on Thursday. Too bad I did not save the cork!
Posted by: Jean Marmo | Saturday, June 22, 2013 at 11:15 AM
I need to find more of this as I enjoyed it! It was a gift I got for my birthday.
Posted by: Tracy Weinzapfel | Saturday, June 22, 2013 at 11:44 AM