I'm just the opposite! I was just looking at the books I created from scratch, or re-made from old hard cover books that are full of my art from three years ago when I first started experimenting with creating: books, all kinds of art pieces, painted sticks, ephemera, yarn, rocks, rusty finds, and handmade papers. I loved it all then, did my best, and was happy. Then I took a break to do other things.
Now that I'm back to creating handmade art again, looking through those older pieces feels so childlike—but you know what? I had so much fun making them and was proud of them at the time. My mindset completely shifted while looking at it all. This time around, I'm only doing it for the FUN and to engage my brain. I have no interest in selling my work, so what does it matter if it's not "professional?" I'm just going to have fun again!
I think if most of us are truthful, we all have those piles of rough sketches that start there and sometimes end up as a drawing we find acceptable. My own large walk-in closet is just that. I shudder just looking at it. But when I’m doing a project, I have no choice but to wade through the sea of papers and find what I need. But sometimes I kick myself because I remember tossing that little piece of paper away. Love this essay❤️
Absolutely loved this one because I’m EXACTLY the same way!!!! I’ve learned to never judge a piece of artwork close to the moment of creation. I always leave it to cure. Thanks for giving me confirmation of my own intuition 😘
You know what? By keeping my first pieces of work, and looking at them in relation to my art now, I can clearly see how much I've progressed. I'm so glad I decided to do that - perhaps it was your good self that I read/listen to who suggested it.. 👌
Thank you for sharing this info. You are amazingly busy and creative. I like the idea of learning from your past work. I never thought of my revisiting my few sketchbooks this way but it is spot on. Thank you.
CLT...so interesting and complicated. Thank you for the challenge to figure out what it is.
Loved the picture of the warehouse, as if we can find stuff in our short lifetime. I still wonder who that child was....
I'm just the opposite! I was just looking at the books I created from scratch, or re-made from old hard cover books that are full of my art from three years ago when I first started experimenting with creating: books, all kinds of art pieces, painted sticks, ephemera, yarn, rocks, rusty finds, and handmade papers. I loved it all then, did my best, and was happy. Then I took a break to do other things.
Now that I'm back to creating handmade art again, looking through those older pieces feels so childlike—but you know what? I had so much fun making them and was proud of them at the time. My mindset completely shifted while looking at it all. This time around, I'm only doing it for the FUN and to engage my brain. I have no interest in selling my work, so what does it matter if it's not "professional?" I'm just going to have fun again!
I think if most of us are truthful, we all have those piles of rough sketches that start there and sometimes end up as a drawing we find acceptable. My own large walk-in closet is just that. I shudder just looking at it. But when I’m doing a project, I have no choice but to wade through the sea of papers and find what I need. But sometimes I kick myself because I remember tossing that little piece of paper away. Love this essay❤️
Absolutely loved this one because I’m EXACTLY the same way!!!! I’ve learned to never judge a piece of artwork close to the moment of creation. I always leave it to cure. Thanks for giving me confirmation of my own intuition 😘
You know what? By keeping my first pieces of work, and looking at them in relation to my art now, I can clearly see how much I've progressed. I'm so glad I decided to do that - perhaps it was your good self that I read/listen to who suggested it.. 👌
Thank you for sharing this info. You are amazingly busy and creative. I like the idea of learning from your past work. I never thought of my revisiting my few sketchbooks this way but it is spot on. Thank you.