Comments on: The Passion to Create https://blog.lyrickinard.com/2011/04/the-passion-to-create/ find joy, be inspired, create beauty Wed, 02 Oct 2013 20:13:41 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 By: Catherine Parkinson https://blog.lyrickinard.com/2011/04/the-passion-to-create/#comment-1660 Wed, 13 Apr 2011 00:58:03 +0000 http://lyrickinard.com/blog/?p=303#comment-1660 For me it has been to stop making excuses because all they were sayingwas my art is not important. I now make myself finish projects before the next one is started, I make small things often and big things less often and I find joy in all the moments life offers. This morning my plans changed with my 2 boys sick. I wanted to make stamps so I got the boys to make one each while I played. They loved it it gave me creqtive time and we all had great results. If I am creative each day i am happy and fufilled.

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]]> By: Laura Lea https://blog.lyrickinard.com/2011/04/the-passion-to-create/#comment-1659 Tue, 12 Apr 2011 04:38:57 +0000 http://lyrickinard.com/blog/?p=303#comment-1659 Silly as it sounds I read affirmations daily and usually try to have one to four words to focus on throughout my work day. Working full time and having family can mean less time to do what I want to do. When I start letting life take over and stop creating I feel resentful and unhappy. So when I know I've got a stressful workload or overly full schedule in front of me, I cut back on finishing work, set play dates, and try to learn new things and that keeps my passion and soul nurtured. I am presently art journaling and writing again. I stopped writing when my grandmother died and it took many years to get back that poet's voice. So I'm setting small amounts of time for play dates to learn new things, working at my own pace through The Sketchbook Challenge and Strathmore's Art Journal Workshops. I can't take classes right now, but I can be creative and work with themes, challenges and new techniques. I am building a repertoire for when I find those things that sing and come together for me, and when they do I'll be ready with wings well honed! For now I'm feathering a nest of brightly colored art tools and colorful passionate pages.

]]> By: Kerry https://blog.lyrickinard.com/2011/04/the-passion-to-create/#comment-1658 Mon, 11 Apr 2011 23:40:08 +0000 http://lyrickinard.com/blog/?p=303#comment-1658 I agree with everyone else…a lot of people have become involved with the Sketchbook program…which is a great fall-back…another tool I use is this newly "fadded" Zentangle craze…it's a great relaxer and starts creative windows opening…and I am lucky enough to have a lot of DVD's from Quilting Arts and re-visit my favorite teachers (you included,Lyric) for some inspiration…

I get to work all day long with fabrics…so it's kind of like the cobblers children…sometimes I have to force myself to work on quilts and other smaller fabric projects!

]]> By: Wen Redmond https://blog.lyrickinard.com/2011/04/the-passion-to-create/#comment-1655 Mon, 11 Apr 2011 20:51:26 +0000 http://lyrickinard.com/blog/?p=303#comment-1655 Creativity breeds passion but life also happens. Balancing the two is a struggle. I find my art has ebbs and flows but like exercise, if I leave off too long it is difficult to get my swing back. I try to listen to myself more and criticize less. Big lesson!

]]> By: Dean https://blog.lyrickinard.com/2011/04/the-passion-to-create/#comment-1654 Mon, 11 Apr 2011 19:04:00 +0000 http://lyrickinard.com/blog/?p=303#comment-1654 For me I find that to get in the "creative mood," I turn to another art outlook. If I suddenly am tired of quilting, I turn to making crocheted jewelry. Sometimes I'll do a series of about three acrylic paintings.
For some reason that gets me back in the mood to do some more quilting.

]]> By: Vivian Helena https://blog.lyrickinard.com/2011/04/the-passion-to-create/#comment-1653 Mon, 11 Apr 2011 18:49:16 +0000 http://lyrickinard.com/blog/?p=303#comment-1653 Keeping creativity alive can some times be a step at a time.. Just sew one seam and that grows to another, and finally delight happens…sort of like eating popcorn.. one at a time.Totally absorbing

]]> By: Linda https://blog.lyrickinard.com/2011/04/the-passion-to-create/#comment-1652 Mon, 11 Apr 2011 17:48:32 +0000 http://lyrickinard.com/blog/?p=303#comment-1652 Working full-time and other household and family duties does get in the way. I tend to treat playing with fabric as my reward for getting everything else done. That means I may go two or three weeks without playing. I am trying to make time every week by putting playing ahead of housework. I bought a new longarm and it has taken me over 3 weeks to quilt the first small quilt because of all of the other obligations. This last week-end I put quilting first and I am now doing laundry while finishing up class prep for school tomorrow. The house is a mess but I will spend an hour tonight cleaning. The quilt turned out great!

]]> By: Vivika https://blog.lyrickinard.com/2011/04/the-passion-to-create/#comment-1650 Mon, 11 Apr 2011 12:59:41 +0000 http://lyrickinard.com/blog/?p=303#comment-1650 Great question, Lyric. Passion needs nurturing, and Life needs living… so when Life gets in the way of creating, I just let it happen and live for a little bit, all the while storing up ideas and making plans for the creative time that I know will come. I try not to work on anything "important", and make small- very small- artwork that I can complete in a short amount of time. No more "ufo's" in the pile, but complete works. Then I take those playful small ideas and expand on them when the time is right and the "Life" bit has settled down. Pressure to create doesn't leave us with diamonds as it does in nature, but it leaves us with flat, forced, sub standard work which might not be worth the materials used to make it…

]]> By: Karoda https://blog.lyrickinard.com/2011/04/the-passion-to-create/#comment-1649 Mon, 11 Apr 2011 12:56:17 +0000 http://lyrickinard.com/blog/?p=303#comment-1649 I've had to deal with this for several months now. What I did was engage in The Sketchbook Project that you're a part of and an online Visual Journal workshop. Since these 2 mediums are not my primary focus, I didn't have any hangups or preconceptions…just a naive wide opened learner.

I have to leave home to go to my studio and on the days I was able to be there I went back into older work with less emotional attachment then current work. That way my hands were moving and I was more relaxed and I think I made better design choices with way less angst.

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