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Cultivating Creativity Part IX
All it takes to be an artist is to start doing art. That sounds simple, but actually producing art is difficult. The hardest part is making yourself go to the canvas or paper and begin working. I’ve given ideas on how to create the time, and ways to deal with anxiety, but sometimes the anxiety is so overwhelming that the artist cannot even begin. One of my creativity clients was that most anxious of artists. She could... (posted by Tricia 120 days 6 hours ago.)
All it takes to be an artist is to start doing art. That sounds simple, but actually producing art is difficult. The hardest part is making yourself go to the canvas or paper and begin working. I’ve given ideas on how to create the time, and ways to deal with anxiety, but sometimes the anxiety is so overwhelming that the artist cannot even begin. One of my creativity clients was that most anxious of artists. She could... (posted by Tricia 120 days 6 hours ago.)
Cultivating Creativity Part VIII
Creating art should be pleasurable…but sometimes it isn’t. As artists we sometimes avoid approaching the canvas or paper. We find hundreds of things to do instead of picking up the paintbrush or the pencil. The culprit is anxiety. Anxiety often stops the artist from producing and actually makes the process of creating more painful than pleasurable. Anxiety is a part of life.... (posted by Tricia 120 days 6 hours ago.)
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Creating art should be pleasurable…but sometimes it isn’t. As artists we sometimes avoid approaching the canvas or paper. We find hundreds of things to do instead of picking up the paintbrush or the pencil. The culprit is anxiety. Anxiety often stops the artist from producing and actually makes the process of creating more painful than pleasurable. Anxiety is a part of life.... (posted by Tricia 120 days 6 hours ago.)
Cultivating Creativity Part VII
In my last article, I explained the need for a daily schedule of time devoted to your creative efforts. I want to emphasize the value of this kind of consistency and commitment to promoting creative growth. Three books I have read give evidence of the importance of maintaining a working and growing attitude toward your creative art. The first is Malcolm Gladwell’s Outliers. This book introduced me to the “Ten... (posted by Tricia 120 days 6 hours ago.)
In my last article, I explained the need for a daily schedule of time devoted to your creative efforts. I want to emphasize the value of this kind of consistency and commitment to promoting creative growth. Three books I have read give evidence of the importance of maintaining a working and growing attitude toward your creative art. The first is Malcolm Gladwell’s Outliers. This book introduced me to the “Ten... (posted by Tricia 120 days 6 hours ago.)
Cultivating Creativity - Part VI
I’ve covered all of the preparation needed to create. Now it’s time to get down to the work of actually doing the art work. It is important that you think of it as your work. When you are working for someone else, would you come to work late? Would you skip a day or two? Would you leave early? Probably not. You need to be as consistent in your art work as you would be at any job you were hired for. Musicians... (posted by Tricia 222 days 5 hours ago.)
I’ve covered all of the preparation needed to create. Now it’s time to get down to the work of actually doing the art work. It is important that you think of it as your work. When you are working for someone else, would you come to work late? Would you skip a day or two? Would you leave early? Probably not. You need to be as consistent in your art work as you would be at any job you were hired for. Musicians... (posted by Tricia 222 days 5 hours ago.)
Cultivating Creativity - Part V
Virginia Woolf wrote of needing “a room of one’s own”. This is a universal need of a creative artist, whether a painter, writer, dancer, or sculptor. Art takes space. An artist needs the space for solitude and for the execution of the work of art. Unfortunately, space is sometimes hard to come by. We must be creative in finding the space we need as artists. It is not acceptable to have a box in a closet... (posted by Tricia 222 days 5 hours ago.)
Virginia Woolf wrote of needing “a room of one’s own”. This is a universal need of a creative artist, whether a painter, writer, dancer, or sculptor. Art takes space. An artist needs the space for solitude and for the execution of the work of art. Unfortunately, space is sometimes hard to come by. We must be creative in finding the space we need as artists. It is not acceptable to have a box in a closet... (posted by Tricia 222 days 5 hours ago.)
Cultivating Creativity - Part IV
In my last article, I emphasized the need for community. I am now going to return to the need for solitude. The solitude this time will take you out of your studio and into the world. At the end of the nineteenth century, Parisian artists originated an activity called “Derive” which means “drifting”. At that time Paris was becoming a new city of modern (for the time) buildings and wide... (posted by Tricia 222 days 5 hours ago.)
In my last article, I emphasized the need for community. I am now going to return to the need for solitude. The solitude this time will take you out of your studio and into the world. At the end of the nineteenth century, Parisian artists originated an activity called “Derive” which means “drifting”. At that time Paris was becoming a new city of modern (for the time) buildings and wide... (posted by Tricia 222 days 5 hours ago.)
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