The Learning Dreamer

This artist wrote something that gave me a haha moment, just like this other  commenters . In the following, I share my thoughts on inspiration and my art process. I'm often told by my visual art mentor (my mom) that I worked too much on that piece from my art journal or my sketchbook. Some readers of my words told me the same. Today, I just figured out my art journal, my sketchbook, my bullet journal, my Pride List , carry the same goal: help me think and evolve. They are my progress and inspiration notes. It took me years of Morning Pages, then a daily sketch practice in a bullet journal to understand what was a writer's notebook. Talk about a curvy and detoured journey! I love how Eibhlin explains the purpose of her zine : to share and document her ideas while working on a concept, knowing that this will inspire other artists to create a work of art. Just like she got ideas from others' projects. To me, any creation (visual, writing, musical, engineered, built, etc.) ...

My mother gave my daughter a box of watercolor pencils when she was around 10 years old i.e: about 10 years ago. The other day, I took them out of their box to draw and paint. Those pencils carry the label of " aquarellable ". Their color will dissolve in water. Unfortunately, it did not. I tried several types of papers, with the 12 pencils, butt felt like I was using with my wooden crayons. And they did not react to water at all. How frustrating.  Since I'm a lucky genXer with a job, I went to my favorite art store and bought a black and a white aquarellable pencils. Those ones were real and new watercolor ones! Unlike the old, I discovered that my daughter's 10 year-old birthday gift was done filling it's purpose. Not in a literal way because I can still use them to only. color. and. draw. Only.  I expected to use them in my new found passion : watercolor arts.  Morale of The Story: USE BEFORE IT DRIES!  With time, our art material gets rotten or dry.  Pigment...

Source This year, I did not decorate my house with skeletons and phantoms.  I did not prepare any treats for my neighbourhood either. It felt bad and mean. To tell you the truth, I did not want to get creative and figure out a way to distribute those candies with nice, clean and safe manners. I was - and I'm still - frustrated with not being able to hug my own kids and their loved ones because they live a in a safer zone than mine. I am sad and angry at the pandemics and its obligations. So much blaaah mood because social distancing and social bubbles! I also disagree with the constant use of chemical satinizers on children's bodies and their food. There have been numerous recalls because of the presence of a toxic version of alcohol in those products, which were dangerous for children and pregnant woman. Did you know? No one knew unless they read the very small prints on the labels.  I want the children to be free and creative, and happy. They need a life, with a loving flex...

I don't remember where I heard of Julia Cameron's Morning Pages but I do recall the need I had to write when I started those. I think I heard about her somewhere in a podcast. At first, like now with any new challenge, I had such a hard time to commit to write long hand 3 pages everyday. I would skip or forget many mornings in a row, the write my Morning Pages, for a week, or two, then forget again. I then challenged myself to repeat the exercise for 5 day. Later, I was happy with myself so, I doubled it to 10 days, and so on, until I hit 100 days. I figured if I can do it for 100 days (about 3-4 months), it meant I could do it for a long time. This happenned 8 years ago.  Recently, I added meditation for 20 minutes, to my mornings but, Morning Pages went down the drain at that time of the day. Meditation seems to have replaced writing.  So, my next endeavour will consist in replacing  internet surfing when I wake up by meditation, then write.  Let's write our Mornin...

 I'm teaching myself how to draw.

 I'm starting this new adventure with no special goal except to sheare my thoughts and experiences. I found I could grow a small following with the right tags on my Instagram page : maybe I'll do the same here?