I need to stop procrastinating. I am losing my creativity. I've done a handful of paintings since getting married and reproducing and it's my own fault. I just miss holding a paintbrush or drawing a picture or sticking things onto something or writing blah blah blah. Just creating something from nothing.
I am dreadfully forgetful so much of my time is spent making lists - endless lists, be they mental or on paper. Lists for groceries, things I need to buy, things I need to do, clothes I need to pack for one trip or another. Lists are my weapon. If it weren't for lists, our fridge would be stocked with a whole bunch of crap and my mind would be about as useful as a bowl of jelly. So, I figure I should put my list making skills to good use and return to creativity. If I can set myself the task of producing some kind of 'THING' once a week, I should be able to satisfy my creative urges, you would think?
In galleries, you often see an artist showcasing his/her work by theme. I don't want to be rigid about this, it will bore me to tears and I hate crying. Instead I have decided that each week I will have a new theme to play around with. Variety is the spice of life, no?
I am excited! I have tried to paint or create and have hit many mental blocks these last few years because I have felt a little put off by not knowing where to begin until I realized that it wasn't the fear of the unknown that was killing me, it was the fear of the known. I simply read a quote by Picasso and it summed it up for me like 1+2=3:
"If you know exactly what you are going to do, what is the point in doing it?" -PICASSO
Exactly. What is the point? I like the element of surprise, revelation, keeps things.. Life. Alive.
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