🤔 Is “the teacher” a real person? Or a reference to the succession of striving for and mastering new skills, emboldening the paintist to continue in her striving?
Yes! The teacher is a real person. I signed up for a 13 session sketchbook revival event. Online, 13 artists share their process for inspirational purposes. I did it in 2022 and you might recall I was inspired to paint colorful versions of the muses?
What came through me yesterday triggered a strong memory.
In August 2021, I visited The Well Within Workshop where I was gifted an opportunity to use watercolor and a variety of other tools to "make marks." There were only 3 of us in the session -- two artists and... me. Their creations were so different from mine! What came out of my hands shocked me! I wanted small, tidy, subdued -- and I got something similar to what I painted yesterday. 😱 Thalia was looking for liberation?
After that workshop, I couldn't stop thinking about creating visual art. I purchased grade school watercolors and a few brushes. I allowed Thalia/art to take root?
Your story about your “paintist” evolution is inspiring. It caused me to reflect on times in my early life when inhibition, self doubt, critical-self issues stood between me and doing as you did. While taking up painting doesn’t feel like a fit for me, I also think there’s something allegorical in your experience that resonates. 🙏🏽
If somebody would have told me ten years ago that I would be writing and painting/drawing… I would have found that hard to believe! Both activities snagged me! I didn’t go looking for them. 🤔
So far I’m certain of Izzie. Perhaps Buster the cat, Champion fetch player. Beyond the known...? “Seek and ye shall find. Knock and it shall be opened unto you.” Faith in the unseen?
Taking “al fresco” to extremes. Someone once asked rhetorically what lies behind our dog’s eyes. I took that to reference “dogs” before domestication. Perhaps the stormy conditions prompted Henny to channel those vibes?🤷🏽
I see a heart 💜 and that warms mine 💛!
🌎💛🎨💐🍁💐🎨💛🌎
🙏🏼🕊️🙏🏼
Ha! I didn't notice that. 😂 Now I do... with a little help from my friend.
🤔 Is “the teacher” a real person? Or a reference to the succession of striving for and mastering new skills, emboldening the paintist to continue in her striving?
Metaphor or fact, seems to be working. 😁
Yes! The teacher is a real person. I signed up for a 13 session sketchbook revival event. Online, 13 artists share their process for inspirational purposes. I did it in 2022 and you might recall I was inspired to paint colorful versions of the muses?
What came through me yesterday triggered a strong memory.
In August 2021, I visited The Well Within Workshop where I was gifted an opportunity to use watercolor and a variety of other tools to "make marks." There were only 3 of us in the session -- two artists and... me. Their creations were so different from mine! What came out of my hands shocked me! I wanted small, tidy, subdued -- and I got something similar to what I painted yesterday. 😱 Thalia was looking for liberation?
After that workshop, I couldn't stop thinking about creating visual art. I purchased grade school watercolors and a few brushes. I allowed Thalia/art to take root?
Your story about your “paintist” evolution is inspiring. It caused me to reflect on times in my early life when inhibition, self doubt, critical-self issues stood between me and doing as you did. While taking up painting doesn’t feel like a fit for me, I also think there’s something allegorical in your experience that resonates. 🙏🏽
If somebody would have told me ten years ago that I would be writing and painting/drawing… I would have found that hard to believe! Both activities snagged me! I didn’t go looking for them. 🤔
Three words a friend gifted me: Follow The Energy
Curious to find out what wants to find you Gary!
So far I’m certain of Izzie. Perhaps Buster the cat, Champion fetch player. Beyond the known...? “Seek and ye shall find. Knock and it shall be opened unto you.” Faith in the unseen?
I just wrote a vignette about Henny… How she preferred being out in the storm last night to being in the house where it was dry and warm. Whoa!
Taking “al fresco” to extremes. Someone once asked rhetorically what lies behind our dog’s eyes. I took that to reference “dogs” before domestication. Perhaps the stormy conditions prompted Henny to channel those vibes?🤷🏽
Who cares about the example? The end result is marvelous! 💚
Thanks Jack! An explosion of Thalia… errr, we mean color. 😂