Cold wax and oil paints with collage bundle, 2016, Donna Watson
NOTE: 2 Day Workshop - Boro/Wabi sabi: The Japanese Spirit of Collage. May 28-29, 2016 in Minneapolis, MN. For more information on the workshop, supply list, venue and how to register go to www.artandsoulretreat.com
Sometimes I have a hard time "beginning"... starting something new. The books on creativity basically say... just get started.. do "it". If you can release yourself from the anxiety that might be associated with the word creativity, you'll see, in fact, that you are an enormously creative person.
That sounds like great advice but how do you do it?
collage, 2016, by Donna Watson
What's your personal definition of creativity?
"Starting with nothing and ending up with something. Interpreting something you saw or experienced and processing it so it comes out different than how it went in." punk rocker
Henry Rollins
Fear and creativity go hand and hand on the same road trip. Work hard and stay focused and do not allow fear to have a vote or to drive.
BIG MAGIC by Elizabeth Gilbert ( author of Pray, Eat, Love)
I have been reading BIG MAGIC... basically it is about getting started... just begin... leave fear in the dust. It is easy to read, and easy to say... but hard once I get in to the studio.
"Its all just an instinct and an experiment and a mystery, so begin.... Begin anywhere. Preferably right now. And if greatness should ever by accident stumble upon you, let it catch you hard at work."
Elizabeth Gilbert, Big Magic.
Collage, 2016, by Donna Watson
Always this energy smoulders inside
When it remains unlit
The body fills with dense smoke.---- David Whyte
So, what is your definition of creativity?
