Sometimes we move away from ourselves, our goals. I think treating “it” as a needed break has helped.
Not paying attention to the urgency of time in the old way. That had an air of right now! Right now often leads to funk or failure because of the missing components not found. Hurrying through ideas is not the way to go. Building the understructure of an idea takes careful planning, one step at a time. And well-done components that will connect.
If you want a great working engine, you need to use good parts that are unbreakable and strong.
Not going “there” but simply being present, and allowing myself fluidity. Meaning what? Consistency. Allowing myself to freely observe and take note of what is really important. Letting go of the perfectionist self more by knowing it will get done, whatever it is. Knowing it will avalanche into place. I only have to pave the way for what follows me.
Thoughts. Thoughts that are not to be overthought, or that is all you will do and get nowhere.
I live in Southern Maine. I am the owner of Anisette Studios. My website is https://www.anisettestudios.com/ Here you can view and purchase Shibui, sign up for my newsletters, blog, and read articles about Shibui Found Image Art. Patrons get great deals several times a year and special items at times. My site makes it easy to contact me. My primary art form is Shibui Found Image Art. Shibui begins with action art and stems from the imagination. It is like seeing something in the clouds or solving a puzzle. Its creative process has its own rules and requires what I call reverse engineering due to a lack of an understructure and purely out of the imagination. In addition to those who patron me, my target groups are those who use art therapy. I will soon be teaching live. Contact me if you would like to learn live. I use Zoom. I request that although my art, other images, and what I write is now published by me here on WordPress; I do ask you do not to use my artwork, poetry, or the information about Shibui Found Image Art without my permission. I am quite available to make such requests. I wish to share the following: The existentialist philosopher Simone de Beauvoir wrote a book called The Ethics of Ambiguity. In it, she lays out a guiding ethic in response to the philosophy of existentialism. It might be somewhat familiar to you already. She writes, “To will oneself free is also to will others free. This will is not an abstract formula. It points out to each person concrete action to be achieved.”
Best wishes to all! Have good times and keep safe! Pejj
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