Today my copy of Esti Hernandez de Miguel's book arrived in the post. Called My Drawings of wolf men, girl skaters, tree women, black skies and other stories, it is a beautiful collection of drawings, quirky stories and musings. (See more of her fantastic work here.)
As I was paging through it and delighting in how her mind works, I was thinking of my month of tadding, and how difficult (and draining) I found it to think of things to make (and then to make them ...) and how relieved I was when it was all over and I could relax into my semi-vegetative state once again. My goodness, to have the discipline to sit down every day and work at an idea!
I have renewed admiration and appreciation for creative people, I really do. For those who sit down every day (or almost every day) and create. Whether it be a drawing, a piece of music, paragraphs of prose or poetry, a felted garland, a paper doll, a tea towel with a hand-printed design, a clever cushion cover, an outfit, amazing hand-lettered art, a photograph, a painting, a vignette of arranged objects ...
Creative people, I salute you all.
And now go off and have a fantastic weekend. Make something. (Or take a little rest.)
7 comments:
What beautiful work! You make me laugh with your descriptions of what you are like! What amazes me is that there are so many original thinkers(like yourself) out there. I quite often feel deeply unoriginal but very inspired by all the wonderfulness I see around me.
Have a great weekend!
excellent reflection on creativity - i enjoyed this! and i have esti's book - it is indeed a beautiful piece of work and i look at it often.
by the way, your tadding discipline has me thinking about a superinsane project... if i work up the nerve to do it, i'll let you know!
Happy weekend!
I salute YOU! your month of creative projects was beautiful and inspiring!
Hats off to you Ms. Creative genius! I hope that you get your computer soon!
I am curious to know what superinsane project Aimee has in mind- could be fun and fun is what I am after!!!
thanks for your words on my book. I'm glad you are enjoying it :)
(I'm curious about aimee's project too)
... and I have tagged you
:)
I agree but I think you underestimate yourself! The quiet incubation periods are as much a part of the creative process as anything and I think you DO live creatively every day. The evidence is in everything you do!
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