what lovely drawings and paintings, so wonderful to get a window in to your grandfather's life.
why create? it's the only way I can process my life. Although my art isn't about things happening in my life per se like it is for some other artists, somehow the act of creating makes everything in my life make sense. It's the glue that binds me together. If I don't create I get irritable, restless, anxious and even 30 minutes of creative time will put things right in me and I once again feel positive and have access to the joy in me.
xoxo
Would you say that you could find this same source of appeasement if you were to take on other things like yoga, sports, cooking...? Or is it only that particular kind of activity? Is it the small daily achievements and goals that you may have set for yourself in your creative sphere that give meaning to your life?
I wish I could find something like this.. when I'm irritable and restless, I figure it's just a bad day and tomorrow will be different! Sometimes it isn't!!
good questions....I need yoga too lol, but I still also need to create even when I practice yoga daily. This creative act doesn't always have to be with clay, it can be drawing or even writing sometimes, but ultimately something that involves finding something inside of me and pulling it out in a new form. It also has to do with a kind of quality of focus and I come out of it completely cleansed. Meditation is great, but like yoga it doesn't satisfy the creative drive in me.
And yes, it can make a bad day good but there are just some shitty days regardless ;-}. Does your photography give you something like this? What about the explorations in the world you do or teaching?
Yeah I guess traveling does do that. But it provides more of a "high" and excitement rather than an appeasement or feeling of being cleansed. Teaching yes, although I'm unfortunately not teaching right now... And photography used to. I might have to get back into that, buy a new camera and rekindle with this former hobby which I've dropped a bit lately (the photos I've been posting are made with my phone camera and I'm really not very proud of them... the quality is horrific).
Thanks for giving me a small insight on what your art brings to your life. It's inspiring.
Is there anything at all that relaxes you when you're irritable or restless? Sometimes I run. It's the only time I run. That, or if someone is chasing me...which has happened more than once lol. I hate running.
I know you were asking @natureofbeing but for me it's particulary some kind of creative activity that helps me to release restlessness and calm down. Maybe that's why they call it a "creative outlet." Hm. I just realized that haha
Hahaha! Yes i release a lot of stress when running for the bus. I hate running too.
I do walk a lot, which does often help to "resource" - being able to live, observe, and feed my mind and ideas helps bring back some freshness to my soul.
Thanks for sharing this with us @nomadicsoul
@natureofbeing oh that's so well worded! Yes, being creative somehow helps me calm down!! Maybe that's why they made adult coloring books...because maybe there is science behind being creative and relaxing! Except, I'm gonna be honest...the adult coloring books stress me out. Too many teeny little lines to color in. I need kids coloring books still haha
hahaha @nomadicsoul, I don't like those adult coloring books either. They don't calm me down because I need the freedom to discover and go where my own lines need to go!
I agree about the creative "outlet" idea. What each of us needs seems to be completely unique but it is important to find the modes of expression that each of us needs!
@osm0sis, your photographic eye is exceptional so if it also feeds and nourishes you, then you have something special and the ingredients for a piece of greatness to offer to yourself and the world. I'm sure you are a fantastic teacher too given what I know about your sensibility.