This week has been about making changes in the way I look at things. I started off by understanding vaguely that I was in overdrive on the artwork front, feeling scattered because I was trying to work on too many projects at once. I re-read an article on Change from
ArtBizBlog which I now can't find online but luckily printed off. Then when I was in Adelaide and stopped for my cappuccino time, I took out my journal and started writing how I was feeling. As I wrote, I got into the scattered feeling and started to write about my priorities, realising I was not working on those things as much as on unimportant things. Once I had journalled about it I could change what I was doing. I looked at Jude Hill's blog
Spirit Cloth and grace Forest's blog
windthread and found the change I was looking for, that is, I became conscious that much as I now love and enjoy working with books and papers, I don't want to let go of working with textiles - so I am bringing textiles back into my personal creativity which I will share with you later. On
windthread I found a post that changed my whole concept of weaving. I always thought of weaving as humdrum, flat, and uninspiring. This post shows such a different perception that I am utterly inspired by it and want to incorporate it into my new piece - no I'm not scattering, this is the personal piece that I won't be using in a book form.
One way in which I thought I could change would be to try out the Picasa photo program that is on my computer. I took an old photo, of a silk embroidery from a couple of years ago, and in Picasa changed it to Neon.
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| Silk embroidered Gouldian Finches and Ulysses Butterfly |
Cool! How different is that?
