I've been having a blast playing in my new mixed-media journal. In fact, I think I've been having some creative breakthroughs of sorts. Or maybe breakdowns?
No... I don't need therapy! It's the walls that are breaking down!
You see... I'm absolutely loving the
not knowing part of this journal play. I'm really learning to embrace the mark-making thing.... just for the sake of making marks... in the moment... whatever I feel like... with no end result in mind! In fact, I'm finding that I work better on pages where i create the background first, rather than a character. I like being able to be free with an entire page rather than trying to work around something.
Dots. Raindrops. Circles. Swirls. Paper stuff. Scribbles. Words. Paint. Sometimes I don't even look at the page as a whole, I just look at the very spot I'm working on. My mind changes as I work more... and it's all okay! Add this. Cover that. Paint between. Just play!
And then, KAPOW! The whole piece just takes its own direction, finds it's own theme, and has a story to tell. And the neat thing is... it always relates to me, and yet it always manages to surprise me. Each page requires patience and perseverence. There are lots of times when I
do not like certain areas of the page. But I make tiny little tweaks in-between stepping back and noticing.
Okay, sometimes I make bit giant tweeks and say, uh-oh... what have I done. But it's all good. Really!
I've become so attuned to knowing what I like, what I don't like, and most importantly...
why!! And now that I seem to have found my groove... I can dance on clouds and fly over rainbows!
Yep. There is really something so freeing in the intuitive play painting that leads you to some great places ! Keep on flying, Lovely One !
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