Flow
I LOVE to swim, I love Lake Michigan, I love doing art when I get into a flow- when I'm not thinking about what I'm doing- when I'm trusting my instincts and having fun. And because I'm in the flow, the results or finished products are wonderful. I love art with movement in it.
Flow in my own life includes- swimming, feeling good and strong and happy, having time to do my art, feeling organized, feeling like I'm on the cutting edge of something creative. I love new projects. I get bored and then I want to throw in the towel and move onto something new. I feel like that's where I am now. I am bored with what I'm doing with my teaching. I thought that introducing the printmaking would really help but it has actually just felt worse than it was before- because printmaking is not easy. And in order for it to be easy, I have to make it so basic that it's boring for me. Ugh!! What to do....
I really admire Sarah Uhl and love her work and what she does with her retreats. How can I do this in my own life? Do I offer retreats for women? I tried with the soul collage but I felt like an imposter- like I was teaching someone else's process.
Could I do a weekend workshop in Gelli Block Printing?
My life- swimming/ water, watery vacations like going to Michigan, doing my art- watercolor and gelli-block printing, card factory, family, cozy home, cross-country skiing, beauty, a great studio- privacy, light, nice floors, comfy, a retreat.
What if I did pop up workshops for kids- Saturdays? Or keep it at one afternoon a week and don't let first graders or maybe 2nd graders in.... Hmmmmm. It's okay! I'm not desperate.... I just don't want it to be so basic. I want the kids to have fun and I want to have fun with the fun kids. I don't want zombies anymore! Zombie kids or zombie parents.
Flow in my own life includes- swimming, feeling good and strong and happy, having time to do my art, feeling organized, feeling like I'm on the cutting edge of something creative. I love new projects. I get bored and then I want to throw in the towel and move onto something new. I feel like that's where I am now. I am bored with what I'm doing with my teaching. I thought that introducing the printmaking would really help but it has actually just felt worse than it was before- because printmaking is not easy. And in order for it to be easy, I have to make it so basic that it's boring for me. Ugh!! What to do....
I really admire Sarah Uhl and love her work and what she does with her retreats. How can I do this in my own life? Do I offer retreats for women? I tried with the soul collage but I felt like an imposter- like I was teaching someone else's process.
Could I do a weekend workshop in Gelli Block Printing?
My life- swimming/ water, watery vacations like going to Michigan, doing my art- watercolor and gelli-block printing, card factory, family, cozy home, cross-country skiing, beauty, a great studio- privacy, light, nice floors, comfy, a retreat.
What if I did pop up workshops for kids- Saturdays? Or keep it at one afternoon a week and don't let first graders or maybe 2nd graders in.... Hmmmmm. It's okay! I'm not desperate.... I just don't want it to be so basic. I want the kids to have fun and I want to have fun with the fun kids. I don't want zombies anymore! Zombie kids or zombie parents.