Dear Creatives,
Welcome to Week Five of The Art Habit; Tips and inspirations to help us
Thrive Creatively as we Shelter in Place.
Wow, Week Five.
And that's just here in Texas.
This week I am feeling connected to my family, home
and my planet in new ways.
We are all learning from each other at a fast pace.
I invite you to expand your journal images to those images out in the world.
What do you see and hear about the world that stirs your body,
both nurturing and disturbing?
Let world images intermingle with what we have already been doing in our journal; doodles, spirals, drawings, washes of color, marks, and shadow tracings.
Let world images inform your magazine images and blind contour drawings.
Trust your journal as a safe container.
Trust that it can hold your joy and your fear unconditionally.
Let these layered images rub off on one another.
Be curious.
Ask your images questions.
Learn from what they tell you.
We are on a journal journey together.
Our goal is not to make beautiful art but to move towards images that
give us a body sensation and provide a safe place for them to gather and inform one another.
See if you can surrender to "
not knowing"
how it will come together.
I promise, given time, and non judgement, your images will begin to self
organize, bringing some new insight or delight.
This week add images of people from different cultures, unfamiliar landscapes
and strange animals. Add drawings and pictures of the earth and the solar system.
EXPAND OUT.
BECOME BIGGER.
We are all part of a GIANT interconnected web of nature beings on this earth.
Stay Home. Stay Safe. Be creative.
Virtual Hugs,
Pamela
