Getting in My Own Way 2

November 10, 2023

Getting in My Own Way 2

Eventually I took a tiny baby step away from being frozen in place by adding color to my lines-only black-and-white-only start.

All the while, though, deep down I knew (a) I was still holding tight to loving those lines, staying painstakingly and deliberately within them and (b) the only thing I was ‘letting go’ of was my original intent to paint quickly, loosely, and intuitively.

I did play with scribbles and some splatter but, bottom line (pun acknowledged), I was resisting resisting resisting, and the whole thing was feeling like a mess.

*activating plenty of creative tension for myself*

artist at play

between a rock and a hard place, clinging, resistance

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Dotty Seiter

7 responses to “Getting in My Own Way 2”

Joyful Puttering

November 11, 2023 at 8:22 am

What seems like a mess to you….is playful and fun to me. I know you’ll keep layering and likely grow to love this one.

Thank you for sharing your process…even when there is tension.

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1. Dotty Seiter
  
  November 11, 2023 at 9:39 am
  
  Thanks for cheering me along and seeing the play and fun here.
  
  The tension is of course a key stop-it-I-love-it element of making art : )
  
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imajenationgmailcom

November 12, 2023 at 5:55 pm

oy vey!

Still stuck in the land of unable to post. But here is what I tried to post:

“The “feeling like a mess” phase is so hard to tolerate! And also such a measure of faith – knowing it will pass, transform, become.

As with “Joyful Pattering” above, I see playfulness! And the foundation for something tremendous..xo”

Lola Jovan sparkle seeker, explorations of the ineffable

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1. Dotty Seiter
  
  November 12, 2023 at 6:03 pm
  
  Lola! Here you are! Your comment went to my email where I had to approve it–no idea why that would suddenly be the case, but as soon as I click ‘approve,’ your comment appears at the post on my blog. Hooray!
  
  YES to your measure-of-faith observation! I’m so grateful for my cumulative creative adventures; they give me the knowing that the feeling like a mess phase will pass, will transform, will become. Phew!
  
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Sheila Marie Delgado

November 14, 2023 at 11:04 pm

LOVE the JOYful palette!

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1. Dotty Seiter
  
  November 15, 2023 at 7:43 am
  
  Though *I* was the one who chose the palette, it ended up expressing itself (I ended up expressing MYself) more joyfully and brightly than I’d anticipated : )
  
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  1. Sheila Marie Delgado
    
    November 17, 2023 at 7:02 pm
    
    xoxo
    
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