Sunday, 10 May 2015
Artworks by Jyne: PAINTING BLINDFOLDED:A Lesson in Letting Go of con...
Artworks by Jyne: PAINTING BLINDFOLDED:A Lesson in Letting Go of con...: PAINTING BLINDFOLDED.. A Lesson in Letting go of control Black & White, Yes or No? Always wanting answers. Death & taxes are ...
PAINTING BLINDFOLDED:A Lesson in Letting Go of control
PAINTING BLINDFOLDED..
A Lesson in Letting go of control
Black & White, Yes or No? Always wanting answers. Death
& taxes are possibly the only ‘for sure” things in life. I’ve always wanted
guarantees and absolutes. That things turn out the way you want them to. The
scenarios you create in your mind whether it be a well thought-out painting,
your career, your relationships, dreams etc, many, if not most don’t turn out like you wanted them to, hoped
they would, imagined they could be. Letting go & trusting that things turn
out exactly the way they should. Crazy concept & hard to grasp. The letting
go of control.
The ideas in your mind reach through your hand that holds
the paint brush you use to create. It most often doesn’t turn out the way you
thought. It can be so frustrating! I’ve walked away from many an art piece, hidden
the canvas, so frustrated I can’t make what I wanted happen! I usually drag it
back out, seeing it for what it is and just being in the moment with it.
Picking back up the brush & starting to work with what is. Letting the
brush and colours do their thing. I’m rarely disappointed. I rarely remember
this.
When I get in the state of “wanting”, of putting up
barricades and barriers to try to change & control the ‘river” of life, I
put on the blindfold. I put my brushes and hands in the paints and go for it! I’m
in the moment creating. When the blindfold comes off there are no straight
lines or perfect circles. There is beauty and awe. No disappointments.
Remember this; as much as we want to have control over life,
people, places, dreams, circumstance & painting, no one really wants a “paint
by numbers” canvas as a life.
Happy creating!
Monday, 30 March 2015
Artworks by Jyne: Sparking Creativity
Artworks by Jyne: Sparking Creativity: Sparking Creativity www.artworksbyjyne.com After a long, treacherous, never ending winter there are signs that Spring is emerging! T...
Sparking Creativity
Sparking Creativity
After a long, treacherous, never ending winter there are
signs that Spring is emerging! The smell of dampness, rain and an ache in the
bones that is hard to shake…but you don’t care because you know there are
better days to come.
What to do when Winter has drained all your creative
energy? When sparks left over from the
past are non-existent, put out intentionally or unintentionally. No sparks. Not
even the small signs of Spring are enough.
The idea of ‘Spring Cleansing’, of ‘Spring Cleaning’ comes
to mind. Getting rid of ‘stuff’. If your mind, your heart, your home are filled
with ideas, people & things that no longer have a place in your heart its
hard to let anything new in. Empty & let go. Be brutal. Clean house on all
levels. Let go of dust covered mementos that no longer have meaning, let go of
people that drain or take rather then feed you, let go of old ideas and plans
you will never get to. Do it for everything: clothes, books, projects, people.
If it doesn’t bring you joy anymore let it go. If its
something “you may get to someday’ or you are holding on to hopes that
‘something may happen one day’..let it go. If it’s meant to happen it will.
Bigger, brighter and better.
They are all things that take up space in your psyche and
your environment. Clutter.
Creativity needs
‘new’. It needs space to develop. Like a fire needs to breathe so does
creativity. So do you.
Give yourself the gift of ‘letting go’ and emptying out. As
hard as letting go can be holding on can be much harder. Happy Spring..and
getting some creativity sparked!
Thursday, 29 January 2015
Artworks by Jyne: How to get your Creative Mojo Back!
Artworks by Jyne: How to get your Creative Mojo Back!: Tips on how to get your creative mojo back After months of darkness, cold days, frigid nights, no sun and an incredible desire ...
How to get your Creative Mojo Back!
Tips on how to get your creative mojo back
After months
of darkness, cold days, frigid nights, no sun and an incredible desire to do nothing it’s
time to start stirring again. Here are a few tips to get started
· *Take 5-10mins
to meditate daily: to empty the mind of the worries of the past and the
anxieties of the future. Of words said & unsaid, of scenarios you can’t
change, the “what ifs”, the fears of loss and lack. This will give you the
space for new ideas, new insights, dreams and inspirations.
· * Heighten
your senses: Instead of running through life..SLOW down. Take it all in. In a
single moment or event notice shapes, textures, scents, temperature, colours
and sounds . Life becomes way more
exciting and stimulating when you tune in.
· * Get out of
your creative comfort zone: try something new! If you paint with acrylics paint
with watercolours. If you paint, try sculpture. Paint blindfolded with abandon.
Don’t play it safe! Expanding your boundaries opens all kinds of possibilities.
· * Take time
for solitude; take a wander in nature, in silence if possible. Breathe and
observe. A simple 20min walk can do wonders to lift the spirit, re-energize and
re-inspire. Do it often.
· * Be gentle
on yourself. If your creative juices aren’t over-flowing, your passion is a
mere spark or non-existent…don’t worry it will come back !
Tuesday, 25 November 2014
Artworks by Jyne: The Sleeping Trees
Artworks by Jyne: The Sleeping Trees: The Sleeping Trees As the last leaves drop from the trees and as the trees let go of what was they let themselves go bare. Allowing the...
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