#4. CREATIVE PRESSURE/RELEASE (Reflection While Painting “Buon Appetito!”)
Painting—Cherries (Red)
Reflection: CREATIVE PRESSURE/RELEASE
Creative minds are frequently distracted. An idea surfaces and it’s hard to rest until it can be recorded and/or realized. My creative bursts come in words and images. One day it’s words. Another it’s images. And, when I’m in the mindset for one the other fades. I can either write or paint, but find it hard to do both together. Over time, I’ve come to know when I’m "off’" or "on"—can be creative or not, and how. And, I can’t always choose those times. Some of them are very inconvenient, like today. I really should be up in my studio painting, but have a word explosion I can’t contain. I need to finish writing this passage—express what’s on my mind while it’s still mulling. It’s been active for a long time, every day while I’ve been painting. The thoughts have been there, but the verbalization hadn’t reached a stage fit for sharing—until today. I need to get it out now! Tomorrow, I’m hoping things will be different. I have a deadline to meet with my paintings. The day before yesterday was good with respect to staying focus on painting. I painted, and painted, and painted, and didn’t get tired. In fact, I couldn’t eat, drink, or speak on the phone, I was caught up in what I needed and wanted to do, energy growing with each technical difficulty overcome. I love days like that! Days with no time limits put you in another place. They’re rare and special, and one of the main secret gifts painting/artmaking/creativity can bestow on those prepared to go the distance—travel bumpy roads on routes you’re not sure can take you anywhere.
