Lovely Duane, maybe this is applicable to the creative forces in relationships and in living too. Something in The Marginalian today mentioned rising like a mountain from a fault line to change the landscape of our lives. Red hot joy from dead grey rock.
Courageously in art and in living, we might surrender to the beauty in the mess of it.
Experimenting, bothering to keep trying. It's the calling.
"Red hot joy from dead grey rock" - F*ck that's gorgeous!! YES! I'm definitely going to have to go find that article. Thanks so much Síodhna! Your always say something poignant and powerful!
That line was me, but the main piece started as blackout poetry on the article, and now it's morphed into something else called 'Verve' for now (!!) Will link back on this.
Yes to those what ifs. Yes to dimmed colors, random marks, scraps and unfinished business. I feel beauty in their fragility, and their unpopularity moves me, almost as if they were poor abandoned beings. Yeah. Or maybe I'm nuts
Emily! Thank you! If you’re nuts then so am I, and I’m glad to be in your good company! “Beauty in their fragility” - that’s so damn good Emily! I love that! Really resonates. Thank you again!
It's funny- I know the joy is in the process, but haven't thought much about all the physical evidence of it holding its own beauty. I'm going to start looking for that instead of seeing it as clutter or unrealized ideas...!
There’s something enthralling and powerful about taking a step back and looking at the evidence of your making. The evidence of the search. Evidence of the longing in our hearts, our heads, and our hands. Evidence that we reached. Evidence that something happened. That something shifted, transformed, and changed. That something was made different than it was before. Evidence that we lived. Evidence that we were here.
I'm fascinated by Marianne Mitchell's videos on YouTube. Her most recent upload shows multiple entirely different—like, *entirely* entirely—iterations of her paintings until reaching the finished piece. And I see each recorded WIP as its own piece.
“may you trust the unfinished”… as someone that has been working on a project for years and years I feel this so deeply. there is something sacred in the unfinished, even as I ache for its completion.
Wonderful post -- love the rough edges within the collages!
We collect, categorize, arrange, recycle, transform, morph... paper in different combinations and permutations. Often when I get to a pivot point I cut part of the collage away and continue. The excerpts go back into the fodder possibilities and become something else. And yes "the unseemly assortment of uncured ideas" is core to the creative process!
Your support is amazing. I know I’ve told you that before. But I just can’t emphasize it enough and I can express enough gratitude for it either. Thank you so much!
Lovely Duane, maybe this is applicable to the creative forces in relationships and in living too. Something in The Marginalian today mentioned rising like a mountain from a fault line to change the landscape of our lives. Red hot joy from dead grey rock.
Courageously in art and in living, we might surrender to the beauty in the mess of it.
Experimenting, bothering to keep trying. It's the calling.
"Red hot joy from dead grey rock" - F*ck that's gorgeous!! YES! I'm definitely going to have to go find that article. Thanks so much Síodhna! Your always say something poignant and powerful!
That line was me, but the main piece started as blackout poetry on the article, and now it's morphed into something else called 'Verve' for now (!!) Will link back on this.
Oh I love that!!
This is, more or less, my ethos. For better or worse 😅
Hey you! It’s always so great to see your name pop up! If it wasn’t for this ethos, I’d have no ethos, haha!
And love the new collages. You always surprise me !
Yes to those what ifs. Yes to dimmed colors, random marks, scraps and unfinished business. I feel beauty in their fragility, and their unpopularity moves me, almost as if they were poor abandoned beings. Yeah. Or maybe I'm nuts
Emily! Thank you! If you’re nuts then so am I, and I’m glad to be in your good company! “Beauty in their fragility” - that’s so damn good Emily! I love that! Really resonates. Thank you again!
What a great reframe of the mess! I'll take it!!
It's funny- I know the joy is in the process, but haven't thought much about all the physical evidence of it holding its own beauty. I'm going to start looking for that instead of seeing it as clutter or unrealized ideas...!
There’s something enthralling and powerful about taking a step back and looking at the evidence of your making. The evidence of the search. Evidence of the longing in our hearts, our heads, and our hands. Evidence that we reached. Evidence that something happened. That something shifted, transformed, and changed. That something was made different than it was before. Evidence that we lived. Evidence that we were here.
I'm fascinated by Marianne Mitchell's videos on YouTube. Her most recent upload shows multiple entirely different—like, *entirely* entirely—iterations of her paintings until reaching the finished piece. And I see each recorded WIP as its own piece.
Here's to the trying! 💚
Sounds interesting! I’m not familiar with her! I’ll have to check it out! Thanks for the recommendation.
“May you trust the unfinished.” There is a weighty uplift in this statement that feels like a calling. Good one Duane. ✨
Oh “a calling” yes! I think you’re on to something there! Thanks Jess!! You’re awesome!!
✌️ you are awesome too Duane!
Takes one to know one i guess ;-)
“may you trust the unfinished”… as someone that has been working on a project for years and years I feel this so deeply. there is something sacred in the unfinished, even as I ache for its completion.
“Something sacred in the unfinished “ - f*ck that’s good! Thank you so much for that!!
"What if" questions like directions to the truth.
So beautifully said! Thank you!
Wonderful post -- love the rough edges within the collages!
We collect, categorize, arrange, recycle, transform, morph... paper in different combinations and permutations. Often when I get to a pivot point I cut part of the collage away and continue. The excerpts go back into the fodder possibilities and become something else. And yes "the unseemly assortment of uncured ideas" is core to the creative process!
YES! You depict it so perfectly!! I love it when even the detritus becomes a catalyst! Thanks so much for this!
So good!
Aww Thank you! I’m so glad you like it!!
A wonderful thing to write!
Julie! It’s so great hearing form you! I love the energy and positivity in your comments! Thanks so much for it!
This is so beautiful. I breathed a sigh of relief reading it.
LeeAnn, thank you! I love that this landed as a kind of letting go for you. That moves me in the best way! Thank you again!
You are a creator, and your thoughts here more real than any formal instruction.
Your support is amazing. I know I’ve told you that before. But I just can’t emphasize it enough and I can express enough gratitude for it either. Thank you so much!
Duane, you are extraordinary. And i recognize it more and more as I follow you.
Absolutely grateful for you!
Back at you dear Duane!