Having patience with the process of figuring out the process is hard, right!?
Took me a year and a half to figure out my process for doing landscapes that feels like me. Then I go out, and it starts to rain while I am sketching and the rain makes the most gorgeous textures on my paper. Now I feel like I need to push the process even further.
Feels like our search for the perfect process will never end. Probably never will. We’re humans, we continually change and evolve and grow.
I attended a mono-printing workshop today, which will continue tomorrow. I am already in love with this art form, and I can't wait to explore it more in my personal studio space. However, I can relate to your feelings. Visual art-making is new to me. Although everything seems fun initially, I do get frustrated easily and end up going back to my safe way of expressing myself - writing. But I reminded myself the other day that there were days when creative writing was also new and uncertain. During a recent meditation retreat, I pulled a card that said "patience," I have decided that patience will be my word for this year. Patience in whatever I do.
This letter is so vulnerable and honest, which I appreciate. Sometimes we think that art is suppose to come easy to us, or that we’re suppose to enjoy every part of the process, but that just isn’t always true...
Having patience with the process of figuring out the process is hard, right!?
Took me a year and a half to figure out my process for doing landscapes that feels like me. Then I go out, and it starts to rain while I am sketching and the rain makes the most gorgeous textures on my paper. Now I feel like I need to push the process even further.
Feels like our search for the perfect process will never end. Probably never will. We’re humans, we continually change and evolve and grow.
I attended a mono-printing workshop today, which will continue tomorrow. I am already in love with this art form, and I can't wait to explore it more in my personal studio space. However, I can relate to your feelings. Visual art-making is new to me. Although everything seems fun initially, I do get frustrated easily and end up going back to my safe way of expressing myself - writing. But I reminded myself the other day that there were days when creative writing was also new and uncertain. During a recent meditation retreat, I pulled a card that said "patience," I have decided that patience will be my word for this year. Patience in whatever I do.
I feel this so so deeply. Thank you for sharing, Lauren :) We're in the process together!
This letter is so vulnerable and honest, which I appreciate. Sometimes we think that art is suppose to come easy to us, or that we’re suppose to enjoy every part of the process, but that just isn’t always true...