Like most artists my sister in law Donna is continually working on her art journey. As many of you know this is not always a smooth line. This path will sway and pulse up and down sometimes pushing extreme highs and challenging lows. In the last two weeks Donna has shared part of her creative journey in conjunction with experiencing one of our latest Quilt Journals “Royal Bubbles”. Read here for Entry 1 (in her garden) and Entry 2 (at the DC Textile Museum). Today she shares the challenge of being blocked. Ouch!
“I am blocked, stuck, down but not out. I learned from my “Artists Way” class to work through it by journaling. My spiffy little watercolor “royal bubbles” fit the bill nicely. I did a few little watercolor tableaus and recovered my emotional equilibrium. Phew! A close one!”
Good thing she keeps her journal handy. The way she is going I might need to send
along another Journal. Perhaps “Crystal Steps” will fit the bill in supplying her with hungry white and graphed pages to create upon. I might just have to deliver it myself! Sigh… I do miss her. 3000 miles is just too far.
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many of us suffer from Creative blocks from time to time…do not feel alone in this frustrating situation.
I used to regularly have creative blocks when I spent my time with writing or painting…but 4 years ago I began quilting and I have yet to have a single dry moment. My head is full of more ideas than I know what to do with. It’s like I finally found THE creative outlet for me. I used to have more dry times than not; at least it seems that way. One thing that I’ve done since I was 13 (I’m 48 now) is kept a journal. I still have the Peanuts journal I got on my 13th birthday! Prior to that I had little girl diaries; mainly I kept track of the weather. Anyway, since I began quilting I finally started an “art journal”. So now I have my regular one and use this art one for anything I don’t put into words. It’s kind of neat and I wish I’d have thought to start one years ago. No matter what kind of artist one is, I would think that an art journal would be a great creative outlet in and of itself.
Great post. I have been tentatively exploring visual journaling (isn't there a better phrase??). This is a good inspiration post.