Life and Plans

An old adage is 'life is what happens to you while you are making plans'.  That certainly was the case for the last few weeks.  I kept planning to paint and life had other ideas in store for me.  So I went with it.  There was some time off which was very refreshing and stimulating.  It always amazes me to do some people watching and observing while traveling.  When you are open you can pick up ideas from anything.  There were bolts of stimulation from everything from hotel lobby art to tourist t-shirts.  It all found a place in the back of my mind.
Another spark of creativity came from a casual assignment at an artist society meeting.  We were asked to do a quick sketch of a barren tree.  Yeah, right. Not something I would normally do.  Hello! Me abstract artist.  My drawing skills only go so far as stick figures or smiley faces.  Well surprise, surprise.  One dreary and rainy day I rummaged through an unused pile of old supplies and found a box of colored pencils and a scrap of sanded pastel paper from years gone by.  Put on some music and basically doodled.  Did not really think.  Just let the pencil go. And Voila!  After an hour there was a really nice tree, with some character, too.  Point being, just do it.  Sometimes we need a push.  So don't fight with yourself, let go and see what happens.

 

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