HAPPY NEW YEAR TO ALL!

Creating When You Don't Feel Like It

Creating when you don't feel like it, sounds like something your dad or mom would tell you to do, well, yeah probably but it is something you need to think about very carefully.
  There are always going to be times when you don't feel like creating for varied reasons.  These reasons could be that you don't feel well, you might have had too rough a night last night or even the weather is bad and you feel glum and don't want to risk making something glum. Well!
Try to put everything into perspective, your daily routine, your self , your body's need to create.
I find that when I don't feel like creating and I force myself to sit down and try something different with my paints or digital work, once I get started, the reason that I felt like not creating goes away and the piece I create or group of works, is more powerful than I could have gotten  the day before.
Seems odd but the act of creating gives the body a strength to move forward that is usually hidden from our normal daily lives until the need presents itself.

So, allow your creative juices flow even in times of sickness or bad feelings about you daily situation and you will find that inner power and strength to do great things.
Go and create something today!  I know I will.

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Have a Happy New Year!!!

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Creating in a Muddled World

Creating images in a muddled world...

As an Artist it is necessary to become adept at juggling everything you need to do in your daily life, while still allowing yourself plenty of time to create.
Whether you are a painter, sculptor, photographer, etc. you need to be creative and you need to let your creative juices flow.  Stifling the flow will in effect, stifle the ability to create what you were meant to create.

I know our lives are complicated these days, the world is a muddled mess and we have to run here, do this or that.  There is never any time left to create!   You need to take control of you Artistic being and create time, yes , create time to create.
Sounds hard?  It is but it is what you have to set your mind to do.
It doesn't work the same for everyone out there, some can set a special time such as, 7:30 pm till 9:00 pm Mondays , Wednesdays and Fridays will be set aside for nothing but sitting at your easel and create something in that time frame.  Others will set aside a day or two of the week to go out and take photographs or make sketches.
    
Anyway that suits YOU is what you need to set-up.   The important thing to do is to allow yourself time to create.







View Images I created here.

Road Blocks to Creativity

Roadblocks to Creativity pop up all the time in the most unwelcome times.   It could be something as simple as a sniffle or as complex as anxiety but you can count on the fact that whatever it is, it will cause a shut down of your creative processes. 
Dealing with your issue and returning to a creative flow may be easy or hard but it is up to you to take control of your life and change from non-productive to productive.
Personally, I find that letting my creative juices flow acts as a healing prescription.  If I feel terrible ,  I will take whatever medication is necessary to remedy that part of the affliction but I will turn to creating something to take my mind in another direction, away from my troubles and towards freedom from stress.
You may have to change from working on a complex painting to a simple sketch or graphic image on the computer, or perhaps pick up some clay and start kneading and shaping or get out the hammer and chisel and start carving into some stone.
             Once you make up your mind to let the creative juices flow from your mind and into your hands , you will find what was causing the roadblock is now gone or at least mostly gone and will be completely gone with a little more effort.  
    Don't give up, the creativity needs to flow out of your inner being to allow you to be happy.
Create, create, create.

Do Not Limit Yourself

"Shattered" by George Pedro

There is always the temptation to fall into the rut of creating the same type of art over and over again and never deviating from your "usual" Style or medium.
You will be told that you need to develop your style, choose your medium, in effect limit yourself.
Yes pigeon hole yourself into one style , one medium and keep working on that and only that and there is a chance that you might be one of the lucky few that have hit what makes them happy and makes them money.
Unfortunately, most of us won't hit it right on the first try.  How many of the Great Masters have changed there styles throughout their lives, how many were sculptors but became famous for their paintings and vise versa.
Listen to your inner self.  It will guide you , maybe not in the right direction but through necessary paths for you.  Travel those paths and be confident that you will eventually find what makes you happy, what allows you to let the creativity flow from your being.
Painting, Sculpting, Photography, who knows.  You will find it for yourself if you let yourself.
You will find that the journey is what will lead to the end of the road.

Creativity in the Modern Age: Creating on a Daily Basis

Creativity in the Modern Age: Creating on a Daily Basis:  I am often asked, "Where do my ideas come from?" .  I tell them ,"From Life".  Everything we do, everywhere we go on a daily basis gets emb...

Creating on a Daily Basis

 I am often asked, "Where do my ideas come from?" .  I tell them ,"From Life".  Everything we do, everywhere we go on a daily basis gets embedded in our minds and starts the wheels moving in the creativity processing center in our brain.  It is something that cannot be turned off, it sometimes seems as though it has disappeared for a time but it is always there.
   I find myself deep in thought when i am not putting things down on canvas or the computer screen.  I have to release the creative urges that pulse through my body or I freeze up, I become lost in thought.
I have struggled for years with this problem and have finally come to the conclusion that the answer is to let it come out.  I don't try to keep it bottled up anymore.  The computer has made it possible for me to do this where I was limited when only being able to release on canvas in my studio.  The computer has freed me from that prison.
  So when the urge to create something comes over you, don't stifle yourself.  Pick up that brush, camera , hammer and chisel or mouse, or whatever media you like and just do it.  You will feel the pressure coming off your back.
Go create what your mind tells you to create.   It could be a simple cartoon or a complex sculpture or painting, whatever it is, your mind will direct your hands.

Creativity in the Modern Age

Creativity in the Modern Age.

Art has had it's horizons expanded by the advent of the computer. It allows us to freely create far more than we could with mere paint and brush or pen and ink. Although I love using Oils and Inks, I can now take those images I create and explore the endless possibilities that are afforded me with the simple introduction of my base work into the different computer programs and utilize their potential for artistic expansion into previously unattainable lengths.