May 17, 10:39 PM
Risk...Revisited.
So I was reading Cathy Z’s blog yesterday, and her thoughts on this challenge really got to me. Was I really trying new things? Thinking outside of the box? No. as much as I love my previous entries, there was too much of a scrapbook-ish quality to them. Very clean line. No growth. No learning.
What was I hiding from? Mainly, being influenced by others. Copying ideas. Being a cookie cutter. Then I decided to just go for it and see what happens. I went balls to the wall and just started to paint! I stuck to the things I love. Shimmer. Blue. Green. Metal. Twinings tea bags. I snapped a pic of my messy hands mid-process to capture my breakthrough. I even included the paper towel I texturized my paints with.
My professor calls this “Getting hit by the Mac truck”. Letting go. Being free. No hiding. Purity. Honesty. Being childlike. I don’t know if it was Dali or VanGogh or whoever, I forget… but they said something like “It took me years to learn how to paint, but a lifetime to learn how to paint like a child.” It is messy and loud, and MY CREATION. No more hiding.
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