Getting in My Own Way 1

November 9, 2023

Getting in My Own Way 1

Creating art is such a crazy proposition for me. What I actually create are problems to solve, complications to untangle, disasters to rectify, stumbling blocks to navigate.

And it appears that I do so willingly, although with any one particular project it is not with that deliberate intention or mindset that I set out.

Two days ago I started a new painting with a sheet of 11 x 14″ canvas-textured paper, a taped grid, three colors plus white, and the desire to enjoy another quick intuitive experience of flow. I grabbed India ink, a dip pen, and a chunky black Stabilo Woody watercolor pencil, got a quick intuitive flow of lines onto the page, … and froze!

I loved the linework and could not get myself to take a next step.

artist at play

crazy proposition, stumbling blocks to navigate, we have a problem

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Dotty Seiter

6 responses to “Getting in My Own Way 1”

Simone

November 10, 2023 at 5:43 am

And that’s one of the beautiful things of creativity, to listen inside what needs to happen, and sometimes that’s waiting until the time is right. With love!

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1. Dotty Seiter
  
  November 10, 2023 at 6:44 am
  
  Thank you, Simone! Creativity is such a grand arena in which to tap spiritual gifts. I am grateful each time I pause to listen, to be still, to trust the unfolding.
  
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Joyful Puttering

November 11, 2023 at 8:17 am

I love it so far….and I know enough about you that you’ll figure it out.

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1. Dotty Seiter
  
  November 11, 2023 at 9:37 am
  
  Thanks for your faith in my ability to figure it out—experience tells me that I WILL figure this out, but my faith gets tested regularly!
  
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Sheila Marie Delgado

November 14, 2023 at 10:57 pm

I love how some lines seem to have shadows. Nice effect. Love the mix of weight, and I really love that rough dark path. FUN!

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1. Dotty Seiter
  
  November 15, 2023 at 7:46 am
  
  You’ve enumerated all the particulars that made me fall in love with and reluctant to part with what was meant to be simply and merely a very short-lived activation-of-white-space.
  
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