Inspiration

"Diving" acrylic on canvas 10 x 8" SOLD

Wondering were to find inspiration these days.

January has been a difficult month to find inspiration. Yes, I have still gone swimming, and are doing my daily activity journal, but squeezing paint onto my palette plate, or rolling out the block ink seems to be to much to handle.

In the beginning of January I started a painting I found little joy in, I seem to be stuck in this experience, therefore, it is so important for me to take these paints and squeeze them on to the plate in order to move back into the joy of creating art.

In order to pull myself out of this slump, I have started to make simple drawings in my journal. Nothing much, just to keep going.

The self critic is the hardest critic, I want to be kind to myself again and allow the energy to flow.  

The Positivity on Cold Winter Days

A while back I painted this watercolour. As I am looking at it today, I felt it could have been painted during this cold spell this January. Even though, I used fall like colours. Is it that easy to change perception? A beautiful fall day or a bitter cold January day - just the colour dots will make me feel differently about this moment. 

What is positivity, I ask? Is it an external action? How big or how small does it have to be? Or is it the feeling I am taking away with me? The other day, I was sitting down with Mary http://Marypurdyevolutionary.blogspot.ca/  to ask her, what positivity is? I was to journal according to my therapist about positive moments during my day. I could not think of any, till I started to explore the question, what is positivity? Wow, positive moments are small moments that make me feel good inside. To feel positive moments, I need to slow down to feel them, to make them big, to let this moment grow. It seems like it is like learning how to draw, the eye has to be trained to see. The observer has to be trained to see the positive moments and cherish them. Take time to smell the roses!