Tuesday, August 17, 2010
Monday, August 9, 2010
Creativity in the Midst of Necessity
Having a difficult time managing merely the necessary tasks of the day....by the time a quiet moment comes around I hear a little voice inside me say "I want to make something!"
I observe a lot of incredibly talented moms doing far more than just the necessary items of motherhood and I have been more or less envious and/or resentful of their accomplishments. "How do they have time for so much creativity!?" I imagine the argument of personal organization would play a part in this. But how many artistically minded folks do you know who struggle with personal organization? I am one of them.
So I plot out a routine on paper - something far too complicated and over-zealous and I cripple my attempts before I even get started. Again the curse of certain artistic neurons that react to pressure and personal expectations before there's an idea formed.
So I've resorted to the hobby of simply THINKING about creative things for now and one day something will become realistically do-able and cohesive with my artistic disposition and I will satisfy that small voice inside constantly yearning to CREATE!
Brainstorming:
1) Pick up my dusty guitar and fabulatize some covers with my alleged singing voice. Play out, get some performance anxiety therapy. Whoa, maybe I'll get DISCOVERED! All things are possible in the brainstorm scenerio.
2) Love of Art. What can I use it for? Art speaks volumes through images both current and archaic. Connect visual art ultimately with the glory of God's creation. Not paintings of bright illuminating crosses and Bibles stories, but the struggling Christian, tempation, beauty in humanity linking moral value to an undeniable seed planted by God in man. Abstract art revealing the Gospel...not the open-ended fate, po-mo blasphamey that fills the 21st century art scene lately. Get involved in the long-standing debate of "What is Art?" Is it definable? Is skill and talent necessary to create something people can relate to? Why then do we have the title artist as opposed to angry,absolute truth despising 20-something with a paint brush What is the difference between "fine art" and just anyone's doodles and personal sketch book?
baby's crying, to be continued....
I observe a lot of incredibly talented moms doing far more than just the necessary items of motherhood and I have been more or less envious and/or resentful of their accomplishments. "How do they have time for so much creativity!?" I imagine the argument of personal organization would play a part in this. But how many artistically minded folks do you know who struggle with personal organization? I am one of them.
So I plot out a routine on paper - something far too complicated and over-zealous and I cripple my attempts before I even get started. Again the curse of certain artistic neurons that react to pressure and personal expectations before there's an idea formed.
So I've resorted to the hobby of simply THINKING about creative things for now and one day something will become realistically do-able and cohesive with my artistic disposition and I will satisfy that small voice inside constantly yearning to CREATE!
Brainstorming:
1) Pick up my dusty guitar and fabulatize some covers with my alleged singing voice. Play out, get some performance anxiety therapy. Whoa, maybe I'll get DISCOVERED! All things are possible in the brainstorm scenerio.
2) Love of Art. What can I use it for? Art speaks volumes through images both current and archaic. Connect visual art ultimately with the glory of God's creation. Not paintings of bright illuminating crosses and Bibles stories, but the struggling Christian, tempation, beauty in humanity linking moral value to an undeniable seed planted by God in man. Abstract art revealing the Gospel...not the open-ended fate, po-mo blasphamey that fills the 21st century art scene lately. Get involved in the long-standing debate of "What is Art?" Is it definable? Is skill and talent necessary to create something people can relate to? Why then do we have the title artist as opposed to angry,absolute truth despising 20-something with a paint brush What is the difference between "fine art" and just anyone's doodles and personal sketch book?
baby's crying, to be continued....
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