Comments for Creative Journey Cafe http://creativejourneycafe.com Inspiration for Creative People Fri, 21 Nov 2008 10:12:31 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.3.2 Comment on Finding the Beauty in the Mundane by cj http://creativejourneycafe.com/2008/11/14/finding-the-beauty-in-the-mundane/#comment-2446 cj Mon, 17 Nov 2008 13:04:01 +0000 http://creativejourneycafe.com/2008/11/14/finding-the-beauty-in-the-mundane/#comment-2446 greasy galaxy greasy galaxy

]]> Comment on Pain and Art by Mindful Mimi http://creativejourneycafe.com/2008/11/02/pain-and-art/#comment-2119 Mindful Mimi Tue, 11 Nov 2008 20:38:24 +0000 http://creativejourneycafe.com/2008/11/02/pain-and-art/#comment-2119 Hi there, Well, I must say I paint when I feel like it. Sometimes I feel joy and happiness and sometimes I am sad or angry. But usually, when I am sad and angry, I need something more to get rid of tension and I usually go running. And I do the painting afterwards :-) Not that my paintings are any good mind you. Maybe I should start painting when I am in a negative mood. Get the running on canvas... :-)) Mimi Hi there,
Well, I must say I paint when I feel like it. Sometimes I feel joy and happiness and sometimes I am sad or angry. But usually, when I am sad and angry, I need something more to get rid of tension and I usually go running. And I do the painting afterwards :-)
Not that my paintings are any good mind you. Maybe I should start painting when I am in a negative mood. Get the running on canvas… :-))
Mimi

]]> Comment on Pain and Art by Ophelia Rising http://creativejourneycafe.com/2008/11/02/pain-and-art/#comment-1922 Ophelia Rising Fri, 07 Nov 2008 23:04:14 +0000 http://creativejourneycafe.com/2008/11/02/pain-and-art/#comment-1922 Mark, when my father died four years ago, I came to believe that with his parting he left me a very large gift; and that is, pain. He left me with this terrible pain, which somehow eventually transformed into something positive, something creative, which propelled me out of a severe writer's block and allowed me clarity when it came to my work (among other things)! Pain is, indeed, a difficult but sometimes necessary way for us to move forward in our lives. (And, by the way, I've awarded you with something. Go check it out :)! Mark, when my father died four years ago, I came to believe that with his parting he left me a very large gift; and that is, pain. He left me with this terrible pain, which somehow eventually transformed into something positive, something creative, which propelled me out of a severe writer’s block and allowed me clarity when it came to my work (among other things)! Pain is, indeed, a difficult but sometimes necessary way for us to move forward in our lives.

(And, by the way, I’ve awarded you with something. Go check it out :)!

]]> Comment on Pain and Art by Ann http://creativejourneycafe.com/2008/11/02/pain-and-art/#comment-1830 Ann Wed, 05 Nov 2008 15:01:52 +0000 http://creativejourneycafe.com/2008/11/02/pain-and-art/#comment-1830 The gifts come out of a real desire to share and also complete confidence that I know what I am doing. I think my art frightens me because I get so caught up in it nothing else matters. Well, thanks for the words of encouragement all. Sometimes it takes 20 years to get re-inspired. The gifts come out of a real desire to share and also complete confidence that I know what I am doing. I think my art frightens me because I get so caught up in it nothing else matters. Well, thanks for the words of encouragement all. Sometimes it takes 20 years to get re-inspired.

]]> Comment on Pain and Art by Joy http://creativejourneycafe.com/2008/11/02/pain-and-art/#comment-1800 Joy Tue, 04 Nov 2008 21:49:52 +0000 http://creativejourneycafe.com/2008/11/02/pain-and-art/#comment-1800 I work in pain in a few ways. I very carefully document and journal all of it. Sometimes this is later used in a bonfire, other times it is kept in a shoe box in my closet. This journaling is a way for me to get a point of view on hurt so big and depp that it completely consumes me other wise. and then... I go 5 minutes and am okay, and go 1 hour and am okay, when I get to the 1 day and okay mark... that is a place where I can completely focus that energy into a painting that is really intense, and usually pretty amazing. I think when I am able to survive 1 day, I must have devloped some sort of perspective, some perameters around why am I reacting like this, and it is okay, I'm allowed. Every once in a while, I draw from those experiences through the lens of today, and create a more laid back piece of work- in the process, I call it. The pallettes change a lot, more colors, less monotone, tighter classical theory. Those pieces are calmer and more balanced. At that point, it gets interesting to read back through the journals, sometimes choosing a few pages to burn at that time, and once- a few pages that needed to be mailed. I love how Ann makes gifts! I'm usually hoarding all this stuff, let me tell ya, it takes up a lot of space! I work in pain in a few ways. I very carefully document and journal all of it. Sometimes this is later used in a bonfire, other times it is kept in a shoe box in my closet. This journaling is a way for me to get a point of view on hurt so big and depp that it completely consumes me other wise.

and then… I go 5 minutes and am okay, and go 1 hour and am okay, when I get to the 1 day and okay mark… that is a place where I can completely focus that energy into a painting that is really intense, and usually pretty amazing. I think when I am able to survive 1 day, I must have devloped some sort of perspective, some perameters around why am I reacting like this, and it is okay, I’m allowed.

Every once in a while, I draw from those experiences through the lens of today, and create a more laid back piece of work- in the process, I call it. The pallettes change a lot, more colors, less monotone, tighter classical theory. Those pieces are calmer and more balanced. At that point, it gets interesting to read back through the journals, sometimes choosing a few pages to burn at that time, and once- a few pages that needed to be mailed.

I love how Ann makes gifts! I’m usually hoarding all this stuff, let me tell ya, it takes up a lot of space!

]]> Comment on Pain and Art by Mark http://creativejourneycafe.com/2008/11/02/pain-and-art/#comment-1762 Mark Mon, 03 Nov 2008 21:22:32 +0000 http://creativejourneycafe.com/2008/11/02/pain-and-art/#comment-1762 Laurie - I know exactly what you mean. Thanks... Urban - I totally hear you. But it is interesting what can happen when you create during the actual pain part. Give it a shot next time! Ann - Writing poems and giving presents sound real enough to me. But if it's a body of work you want it can certainly happen. Just sounds like a discipline issue. If you made one painting every month for a year that's 12 paintings. In five years that's 60 paintings. In 10 years that's 120 paintings. That's a body of work. Have you read my interview with Duane Keiser of A Painting a Day? (in the Interview catagory). Also, have you read "The War of Art" by Steven Pressfield? Both should help inspire you. You are definitely not alone - you speak for a LOT of people. Hang in there! Laurie - I know exactly what you mean. Thanks…

Urban - I totally hear you. But it is interesting what can happen when you create during the actual pain part. Give it a shot next time!

Ann - Writing poems and giving presents sound real enough to me. But if it’s a body of work you want it can certainly happen. Just sounds like a discipline issue.

If you made one painting every month for a year that’s 12 paintings. In five years that’s 60 paintings. In 10 years that’s 120 paintings. That’s a body of work.

Have you read my interview with Duane Keiser of A Painting a Day? (in the Interview catagory). Also, have you read “The War of Art” by Steven Pressfield? Both should help inspire you. You are definitely not alone - you speak for a LOT of people. Hang in there!

]]> Comment on Pain and Art by Ann http://creativejourneycafe.com/2008/11/02/pain-and-art/#comment-1760 Ann Mon, 03 Nov 2008 20:33:01 +0000 http://creativejourneycafe.com/2008/11/02/pain-and-art/#comment-1760 I think the last twenty years of my life have been a struggle for me to see how much pain I can actually endure in an office job to get me to realize I need to do my artwork again to find peace. With each passing year, the hurdle gets higher and higher and I don't seem to be able to get where I want to go. I have had minor triumphs when I am bursting to get something artistic out of me: I write poems, I make presents, etc. etc. but nothing real to add to a body of work. It upsets me. I do not know how to tear this wall down as I cannot stand my real job any longer. I think the last twenty years of my life have been a struggle for me to see how much pain I can actually endure in an office job to get me to realize I need to do my artwork again to find peace. With each passing year, the hurdle gets higher and higher and I don’t seem to be able to get where I want to go. I have had minor triumphs when I am bursting to get something artistic out of me: I write poems, I make presents, etc. etc. but nothing real to add to a body of work. It upsets me. I do not know how to tear this wall down as I cannot stand my real job any longer.

]]> Comment on Pain and Art by Urban Panther http://creativejourneycafe.com/2008/11/02/pain-and-art/#comment-1752 Urban Panther Mon, 03 Nov 2008 16:20:07 +0000 http://creativejourneycafe.com/2008/11/02/pain-and-art/#comment-1752 Not during, no. After I have come through it, then I use my experience and remembrances to create. Lord, during I am lucky to get up off the couch! *chuckle* Not during, no. After I have come through it, then I use my experience and remembrances to create. Lord, during I am lucky to get up off the couch! *chuckle*

]]> Comment on Pain and Art by Laurie http://creativejourneycafe.com/2008/11/02/pain-and-art/#comment-1735 Laurie Mon, 03 Nov 2008 05:15:38 +0000 http://creativejourneycafe.com/2008/11/02/pain-and-art/#comment-1735 Some of my best writing bled out through my wounds and pain. It is more passionate and real. To go back and read it takes me back and reminds me how far I've come. Somethings you don't want to relive but to read the writing or study the art from that kind of time can make you appreciate where you are now. Some of my best writing bled out through my wounds and pain. It is more passionate and real. To go back and read it takes me back and reminds me how far I’ve come. Somethings you don’t want to relive but to read the writing or study the art from that kind of time can make you appreciate where you are now.

]]> Comment on You Are Now Entering The Creative Zone by Mindful Mimi http://creativejourneycafe.com/2008/10/01/you-are-now-entering-the-creative-zone/#comment-1688 Mindful Mimi Tue, 28 Oct 2008 20:52:31 +0000 http://creativejourneycafe.com/2008/10/01/you-are-now-entering-the-creative-zone/#comment-1688 Thanks for sharing that music - it's nice and relaxing. I love the creative zone and I can only blame myself for not being there more often. Mimi Thanks for sharing that music - it’s nice and relaxing. I love the creative zone and I can only blame myself for not being there more often.
Mimi

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