a lifes work.

I have had a week off from both my work(employment) and a week stepping back to assess where I am at in terms of my art .

It is easy to see the progress that I have made in this spell of productivity, I am working more consistently, I am exploring opportunities that will increase my chances of making a living doing what I love! I am saying yes more. Something that I believe has been fundamental to moving forward. ( and such a simple thing.)

Just as easy to feel rather than see though, is that I still am not really being brave enough both in what I paint and the way that I paint it.  And more importantly I suppose is that I still feel unsure about just what it is I want to express!

I have been reminded recently by the kindness, thoughtfulness, honesty and heart felt creativity of a friend of mine, that perhaps, I am still stifled by the bad habits I picked up at Art School. Unable to simply react to experiences and changes in my life I seem to endlessly over think  and over complicate.  Removing the very passion and expression that I want to attain.

I am possitive though and will push on with this lifelong adventure.

~ by deanmelbourne on July 27, 2008.