I’ve decided that I should be documenting this ‘path’
of creativity. So bear with me….
as we start from ‘the beginning.’
of creativity. So bear with me….
as we start from ‘the beginning.’
I have always had a passion for doodling
and illustration…
I can remember winning a drawing contest
in the early days of elementary school.
I can even remember exactly what I had drawn
and can remember being veryOCD specific
about how it had to look
(it was a house [of course]
with snow on the roof and yard).
I don’t remember specifically being artsy
or crafty for the rest of my school days,
besides doodling on everything
and painting spirit signs -
but I loved doing the lettering!
and illustration…
I can remember winning a drawing contest
in the early days of elementary school.
I can even remember exactly what I had drawn
and can remember being very
about how it had to look
(it was a house [of course]
with snow on the roof and yard).
I don’t remember specifically being artsy
or crafty for the rest of my school days,
besides doodling on everything
and painting spirit signs -
but I loved doing the lettering!
After high school graduation,
I then attempted a Commercial Art
major in college -
but at that time in the mid 1980′s,
being an artist around here,
meant a big city, very competitive life…
and the thought of that was stressing and was
something my fiance, (whom I met in college)
and I weren’t ready for. At least my time in college
was not in vain…wink, wink!
I then attempted a Commercial Art
major in college -
but at that time in the mid 1980′s,
being an artist around here,
meant a big city, very competitive life…
and the thought of that was stressing and was
something my fiance, (whom I met in college)
and I weren’t ready for. At least my time in college
was not in vain…wink, wink!
The artist in me then took on many forms
thru the years -but my first and foremost priority
was being a wife and later,
a mother to 3 beautiful redheaded girls…
my favorite thing….
and motherhood allows you to be crafty
in all sorts of ways. But the children grow up
thru the years -but my first and foremost priority
was being a wife and later,
a mother to 3 beautiful redheaded girls…
my favorite thing….
and motherhood allows you to be crafty
in all sorts of ways. But the children grow up
and there are no hairbows to make,
no school projects to design,
no dance recitals to paint shoes for…
and that creativity just simmers and stews.
After it has simmered for just
the right amount of time,
things just start to bubble up and pop out!
Life slows down a bit (wait, whaat?)
and you begin to pull together
all the different aspects of what you’ve learned
along the way (IF you have any brain cells left).
And things just start to click.
That’s when you say, ‘hello artsy path,
I have missed you, welcome back!’
no school projects to design,
no dance recitals to paint shoes for…
and that creativity just simmers and stews.
After it has simmered for just
the right amount of time,
things just start to bubble up and pop out!
Life slows down a bit (wait, whaat?)
and you begin to pull together
all the different aspects of what you’ve learned
along the way (IF you have any brain cells left).
And things just start to click.
That’s when you say, ‘hello artsy path,
I have missed you, welcome back!’
One of my fav writers, Jon Acuff
said,
“Finding your true passion is a reunion, not a first date.
An act of recovery, not discovery.”
“Finding your true passion is a reunion, not a first date.
An act of recovery, not discovery.”
And so the story continues…….
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