It has been a bit of a frustrating week in my studio. I am progressing with projects, but not quite how I planned.
First, I started a new batch of rocks tumbling (lapis lazuli...can't wait to see how they turn out!). I thought everything was going great...until...things weren't going great. The barrel that holds the rocks, water, and grit started to leak. Everywhere. I was fortunate I found it when I did. There was still water in the barrel with the rocks, so the grit didn't end up solidifying into cement with the rocks encased in it. The bad thing is I had yuck all over the floor. It took a while to clean it up.
Not a pretty site at all. Thank goodness for Amazon...a replacement barrel is winging its way to me as I write this! By Tuesday night I should be up and running again!
So, needless to say, the beginning of this project was not a happy beginning (VERY frustrating).
I also finished Scattered Time. I changed the name to "Road Map" instead...it just seemed more appropriate. I added the poem I wrote to the front (not in the original way I had thought I might...my original idea was too complicated...slow and methodical was the way to go on this one!). I ended up printing the poem on tracing paper and ripping the edges around the poem and Mod Podging it to the front. Here it is:
I like how subtle it is. While it is important, the piece didn't need to be complicated any further with billboards or anything like that. Here are close-up pictures of the poem (written as a haiku first, then a lune [a lune has 5, then 3, then 5 syllables], then another haiku):
Not too bad.
Here's the back:
I put the poem on the back, too, just in case people have a hard time reading it on the front. The picture of the lighthouse in the upper left-hand corner is one I took (it is Gray's Harbor Lighthouse in Westport, WA). Not bad.
It isn't bad...I'm not sure I like it, but I'm not sure I don't. I'm just not sure. So, this project's ending is...unsure. It is slowing growing on me, but I'm not sure it is right yet, either.
I think I am learning to become okay with uncertainty and lack of "loving it" with my art. I am new at all of this and am doing stuff I have never done before, so it only makes sense that all of it isn't perfect. I think that is part of the process of becoming a better artist. "Creativity is allowing yourself to make mistakes. Art is knowing which ones to keep." I'm starting to get this quote...little by little.
And on a final note...the flowers keep popping up in the yard! Here are the apple blossoms from one of the trees in our backyard:
So beautiful! It is hard not to be inspired by what Mother Nature can do (and fortunately does almost every year like clockwork!)!
So, until next time, stay patient and keep your mind and heart open to like or not like (or somewhere in between) the things you create. You never know what might happen!
Take care, everyone!
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