I also test new waters. Color, paint, paper and line call me. Not passionately either, but in a cozy, school-week afternoon kind of way. So I continue, one page at a time. I try this, then that. Then I close the sketchbook and let each piece be. I don’t jump to conclusions as to which medium to chose or which to drop. I work on all three: I draw, paint, forge. The steadiness comes from moving forward. Integration will come too. One curious step at a time.
How often do we stop doing something because of wrong ideas? We think, this should be more exiting. Or we feel, this is too exiting, I better calm down and be realistic. Either way, it seems pointless to judge ourselves when we trace our life’s path. Lately, I don’t feel the excitement that makes me jump out of bed and make jewelry. Instead, I approach my workbench as if it were someone I once knew passionately and now coexist with familiar ease. I also test new waters. Color, paint, paper and line call me. Not passionately either, but in a cozy, school-week afternoon kind of way. So I continue, one page at a time. I try this, then that. Then I close the sketchbook and let each piece be. I don’t jump to conclusions as to which medium to chose or which to drop. I work on all three: I draw, paint, forge. The steadiness comes from moving forward. Integration will come too. One curious step at a time. When I was six, my dad offered me a prize if I swam underwater across the entire length of an olympic swimming pool. I had to swim as close to the floor as possible and not come out for air. It was my favorite way to swim because I was transported into a place where time and space were different. As it slipped through my hands, water felt tangible and awesome, and even when it became hard to hold my breath, I continued. I wanted to stay as long as possible in that turquoise world. When I reached the end, dad was proud in a way I rarely got to see because I was never good at sports, and he came from a athletic family of mostly boys. Perhaps this is why I chose a plaid newsboy cap as a prize. I don't think I ever wore it, but it became the most precious thing I owned. |
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