Just a Sunday night...
* Current Read: The Solace of Leaving Early (still...)
* Newest Tune: The Decemberists (Five Song EP and Her Majesty are my favorites right now...although the other albums they've released are excellent as well!)
* Currently Obsessing Over: How to stay warm in this freezing cold weather that we are having!
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My first series..."Flowers aglow"
The cards are handmade using watercolor pencils, oil pastels, and a little thread, on cardstock.
There are 6 blank cards in a set, with varying floral arrangements and a similar color scheme.
They are 5in x 3 3/4in in size and come with 6 clear envelopes. $12.
Why is it that I can go from being so certain to so shaky in a matter of moments? Why, in 30 seconds, can I have an entire conversation in my head that ends with me calling this art that I love "trash"? Where does this come from? Who is this person in my head that I am talking to...or that is talking AT me? Will I ever conquer this...this insecurity; this self-doubt; this desbelief that I have the right to do what I am doing? I fear not...I fear that this will be a life-long struggle. I fear that this will be a fight...
So here I stand...clinging to what I know is true. Resting in encouraging words...
And maybe this voice will be silent for awhile...
6 Comments:
that darn inner critic! maybe it will always be a struggle but i would like to believe that the more you learn to trust your creative spirit the more the struggle will begin to lessen. here's to your beautiful creating!
I like that print...it is really fun and bright. Makes me happy!
I think creativity is two parts confidence and one part doubt - always. Maybe the tension between the two can make us more astute and even better. That's what I tell myself anyway. I don't know if it ever goes away. Would complete complacence ensue - and, the worst, boredom? Just don't let the doubter, the critic within make you stop doing what you're doing. Keep progressing and being breathlessly excited over those wonderful sparks that wake you up at night or make you want to rush home and break out your oil pastels.
You are wonderfully bright. Don't let that be clouded - ever!
I'm not sure if that little voice of doubt ever goes away, but it does get quieter and you get more practice in ignoring it.
Your work is beautiful!
i love your art... and you!
I've always assumed that everyone's inner voice is saying those kinds of things...but sometimes when I see how some people go through life, I wonder if that's true. Just my personal opinion, but I think being sensitive makes that inner critic voice that much louder...or maybe it's just that what she says stings more when we're sensitive... xoxo
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