Leah!!!!! Those paintings are blocking me from coming up with a awesome enough word to describe them. I am rusty with my foofy artist terms. HA! I LOVE THEM!!! I looked at the second one for a while and realized that I was drawn to it because it was so visually satisfying but also disgusting. But what stood out to me the most is that the gross part was actually beautiful too. I had a strange reaction to that and its hard to describe the feeling...very very cool Leah.
I feel like a looser, my life is weird right now, I am in a flux, at a crossroads, I really want to drink and entire bottle of wine and sleep in the grass all night but I AM A PARENT....ugh....he he
I keep thinking and thinking about the damn art and then I stop and say...maybe I should just start frigging making it!!!! grrr!
I didn't know what to expect after graduation but the change is much more extreme than I could have expected.
Dear Diana,
ReplyDeleteI know exactly what you mean about the shift from being in school to being out. It has been really, really hard for me too. A friend recently said just start making something, anything- without thinking about the result. I suppose more as an exercise in reactivating certain muscles, habits. I tried it yesterday just pulling out some old pictures and making a collage- no investment. It was uncomfortable but today, I feel less frustrated about not working on anything. We need to be patient with ourselves while at the same time maintaining some artistic activity- even for 15 minutes at a time... I'd like to hear how others are dealing with life after school.