When approaching the making of new piece of art, we want to be in tune with our higher selves as much as possible, to be conscious of what we are about to do. Feel the love resonating in our hearts and open our minds and keep them open to the infinite possibilities that await us, think about what it is we really want to put our energy into, keep it simple with achievable goals. We are aiming to integrate original thought and intuition to become part of our decision making processes. (more…)
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Art Can Be Anything We Want It To Be.
Wednesday, January 21st, 2009Preparation
Wednesday, January 21st, 2009Spiritually, to help ourselves prepare, we can meditate, pray, chant, ask for guidance, ground ourselves and be in the present moment or whatever other techniques we are used to using, that work for us. Also we might need to turn off our ego´s or root beliefs, especially if its like mine and says things to me like, “you´re rubbish, why bother? everything you do is rubbish.” (more…)
Expression
Wednesday, January 21st, 2009Creative self expression can cause our emotions to rise up before us, we can look at them, feel them, get to know them and let them flow right through us and away, in a safe and directed manner. Emotions are reflected back to us, in what we make. I can always see myself and how i´m feeling deep inside, in what i make, just as i am now. Some of these emotions or feelings may not be able to be accessed in any other way. Once fluid in our self expression our emotions can be acknowledged regularly by observing our art as therapy or our art can be evidence of us clearing stuck energy, both of which are perfectly valid and an interesting content for art. Once clear of old trapped emotions our hearts can sing with the golden light of the sun and thus our art will reflect this new found freedom of expression.
Materials
Wednesday, January 21st, 2009Be guided by the materials we have to hand, using our intellect and hearts to decide which materials suit our needs best, what we enjoy using and doing, and what is suitable for embodying our ideas. Look around your immediate environment to see what is there.
The kitchen cupboards can reveal exciting textures, shapes or products with graphics and colours on for instance, reflecting societies fashions and needs on the packaging. Also the bin is a good source for recycling rubbish into papier maché, sculpture, assemblage, collage or montage. (more…)
Vision
Wednesday, January 21st, 2009Another starting point is a vision or idea, embodying ideas, making them come to life. We can stick obsessively to an ideal or we can observe that it is just a starting point to lead us onwards in developing our train of thought. Knowing when to go with the flow or keep on the track, is all part of the creative decision making process. If things are not happening as easily as we predicted, we can take a step back and look from a distance to get a bigger picture, look at it through a mirror to create more distance or even leave it for a bit of time and come back later and look at it again. (more…)
Inspiration
Wednesday, January 21st, 2009Inspiration can come from anywhere, a thought crosses my mind when i´m half way up a ladder working on something else entirely and i climb down and write a note to myself in my sketch book, or i watch the best circus performance in the world and wish to emulate something just a beautiful. On one invitation to an exhibition it was written, “talent borrows, shit copies and genius steals”. If we use this quote in relation to our inspiration and how we act upon it, even if we do try to copy, borrow or steal an idea, it would never come out the same because of the individual framework and the constraints each of us is working with, so always have a go. On the other hand its quite polite to acknowledge our sources.
Starting
Wednesday, January 21st, 2009Lets start with the exercise of drawing a line, with practice it can help eye hand coordination. You´ll need a piece of paper and a pen or pencil. I like to start off using good quality tools, just in case I want to use it later on if its any good, which often they are, even at this early stage. I use a black water resistant, size 0.4 drawing pen and 100g white cartridge paper, size A6 or A5 or bigger. Place the pen on the page and swiftly either push the pen along or let the pen lead and just follow it where ever it wants to go. Don´t worry what it looks like for now, just feel the line flow out. (more…)