Tag Archives: inspiration

Long Ago in Another Time and Place

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Some of you will be able to relate to this, some not.  I thought it was cool and couldn’t resist!

Creating Spirit Dolls

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Driftwood Spiorit Dolls

Driftwood Spirit Dolls

While I’ve been recuperating from surgery, I’ve been creating Spirit Dolls.  My son gave me three beautiful pieces of smooth driftwood, and all I could see were faces in them……so that’s what I did!

I put faces on them and created spirits with moss, and shells, metal hearts and anything else that felt right.  Later I will show them as I finish them.  It’s a little slow right now, but I work on them a couple of times a week, and then I need a breather.  With all the other things I “have” to do to recuperate, I don’t have a lot of energy to spend in my studio.  It’s always on my mind, and in my heart, and I want to show them to you, it will just take a little longer than I’d like.

If you need any extra creativity ideas there are so many things to just run into on YouTube, and sometimes I’ll take my computer into bed while relaxing and just scan all the how to videos.  It’s a terrible time sucker, but it’s impossible to be upright all day!

 

Inspiration Comes From Everywhere

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In playing around on YouTube I found this wonderful piece on Picasso. Since he is one of my favorites I thought you might like this video.

Picasso was an interesting man, complex, mysterious and a gift to everyone.  I hope you enjoy this five minutes as much as I did.

Abstract Floral

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At times I think ” The Art Sherpa” is silly, and then I realize silly is a way of having fun, not taking ourselves too seriously, and learn in the process.  All in all I like the flowers and stems and the way they turned out.  At times I wondered why I was spending so much time listening to something so frivolous!  This is a way of relaxing,, and having fun. Sometimes wasting time being silly has huge benefits for those of us that take things too seriously.

I hope you get something out of this, maybe it just triggers a thought or technique you had forgotten.  Have fun with it…