Creativity marks the spot
/The feeling of excitement, wonder, and even a little fear, that one feels when they start a project of art is universal. Maybe not to a full time and life time artist, but to those of us learning to create later in our lives, it's there. The nagging worry that even we won't like what we create.
This is normal and important to the evolution of ones art. That edgy feeling that works like adrenaline to the mind and opens our eyes to things we would not see otherwise. That's when we are the most creative.
When I sat down to do this piece I really didn't have a solid thought out plan. I wanted to do something with broken glass. That's about it. I brought in two images of Blonde Raven and just started poking around with my tools. There were some false starts and looks that were not going anywhere. By that I mean it wasn't moving me at all. After all, you have to love your own art.
I kept seeing my options and my eye kept me going because I saw something flickering in the pile and I kept fanning it until it started taking a shape I liked...then eventually loved.
It is hard not to doubt your own artistic abilities. And some days nothing exciting comes from a few hours of sitting at the computer. You eventually get to a point where you can feel when you will be the most creative and that's when you sit down and let your juices flow and create. The more you create over time, the more confident you are in your art. And the more confident you are, the more often those creative days will present themselves.
Play, enjoy your creations, and don't let the first tries or non-creative days get you down. Make art when the mood strikes and the more you do it, the more often the mood will strike.
At least this has been my experience.
