Comments on: About Me http://www.sundrip.com Art for life Sat, 28 Jan 2012 01:45:17 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Stephanie Austin http://www.sundrip.com/my-profile/#comment-26061 Stephanie Austin Fri, 27 Jan 2012 15:05:25 +0000 http://www.sundrip.com/?page_id=72#comment-26061 Hi Faith, thank you SO much for your reply. I think what you said is going to help me a lot. I have trouble letting myself go, I really want to be free to create but am constantly bogged down with interfering thoughts! Just from looking at some of your website I can see some of the issues you’ve had to deal with in your life. Some resonate with me and my own experiences. Although I don’t know all you have had to deal with (I guess I will find out once I’ve looked even more in-depth at your website), but I’m sure it’s probably a lot more than I’ve ever had to deal with. I did have a quick look at your art therapy pages, but I really want to look all through it thoroughly, and I will definitely check out your blog, flickr photos and groups. Many thanks for the ‘searching for inspiration’ tips. I’ve been trying to get back into art since my late 20s (I’m now early 40s) and the older I get the more I seem to struggle! I hope to learn more about you through your website - you sound like a wonderful person to me, a real inspiration in yourself! Best wishes, Stephanie Hi Faith, thank you SO much for your reply. I think what you said is going to help me a lot. I have trouble letting myself go, I really want to be free to create but am constantly bogged down with interfering thoughts! Just from looking at some of your website I can see some of the issues you’ve had to deal with in your life. Some resonate with me and my own experiences. Although I don’t know all you have had to deal with (I guess I will find out once I’ve looked even more in-depth at your website), but I’m sure it’s probably a lot more than I’ve ever had to deal with. I did have a quick look at your art therapy pages, but I really want to look all through it thoroughly, and I will definitely check out your blog, flickr photos and groups. Many thanks for the ‘searching for inspiration’ tips. I’ve been trying to get back into art since my late 20s (I’m now early 40s) and the older I get the more I seem to struggle! I hope to learn more about you through your website – you sound like a wonderful person to me, a real inspiration in yourself! Best wishes, Stephanie

]]> By: F.Magdalene http://www.sundrip.com/my-profile/#comment-26037 F.Magdalene Fri, 27 Jan 2012 02:50:11 +0000 http://www.sundrip.com/?page_id=72#comment-26037 What a wonderful comment to log on and see today. Thank you so much. Yup, I sketch, draw and doodle even when I'm uninspired. :-) Sometimes I just start with a line or a squiggly something and go from there. I don't TRY to create. I stop thinking, stop planning and just do what I know how to do. That's what I tell myself when I'm bad mouthing me over a project that isn't going well. I tell myself to shut up and do what I know how to do. It works. When I start out in my sketchbook I start out with the understanding that there are no expectations, no demands, no right or wrongs. I can do whatever I want on that paper. I'm free. As soon as I let myself go, really let go then and only then can I create. There have been times when I was so emotionally shut down that I couldn't paint or anything. Having art in my blood meant I had to figure out how to deal with those emotions so I could....breathe again. When I'm emotionally shut down my art suffers. I have to stay emotionally open for my creative juices to flow. Also, like you, when I'm in need of inspiration I search things like sketchbooks and art journals. I go on Flickr and look at paintings. I go on Etsy and look at art work. That makes me happy too, to see art that others have done. I like to see their work and try to think about what they were thinking as they created it. Look at me going on and on. :-) My whole point was to say thank you, I search for inspiration too. If you go to my Flickr page and look at the groups I'm in you can see a wide variety of sketchbook styles and techniques. Flickr http://www.flickr.com/photos/sundrip/ My art therapy drawings are here http://www.sundrip.com/journal/category/therapy/art-therapy/ Smiles to you and yours, Faith What a wonderful comment to log on and see today. Thank you so much.

Yup, I sketch, draw and doodle even when I’m uninspired. :-) Sometimes I just start with a line or a squiggly something and go from there. I don’t TRY to create. I stop thinking, stop planning and just do what I know how to do. That’s what I tell myself when I’m bad mouthing me over a project that isn’t going well. I tell myself to shut up and do what I know how to do. It works.

When I start out in my sketchbook I start out with the understanding that there are no expectations, no demands, no right or wrongs. I can do whatever I want on that paper. I’m free. As soon as I let myself go, really let go then and only then can I create.

There have been times when I was so emotionally shut down that I couldn’t paint or anything. Having art in my blood meant I had to figure out how to deal with those emotions so I could….breathe again. When I’m emotionally shut down my art suffers. I have to stay emotionally open for my creative juices to flow.

Also, like you, when I’m in need of inspiration I search things like sketchbooks and art journals. I go on Flickr and look at paintings. I go on Etsy and look at art work. That makes me happy too, to see art that others have done. I like to see their work and try to think about what they were thinking as they created it.

Look at me going on and on. :-) My whole point was to say thank you, I search for inspiration too. If you go to my Flickr page and look at the groups I’m in you can see a wide variety of sketchbook styles and techniques.

Flickr
http://www.flickr.com/photos/sundrip/

My art therapy drawings are here
http://www.sundrip.com/journal/category/therapy/art-therapy/

Smiles to you and yours,
Faith

]]> By: Stephanie Austin http://www.sundrip.com/my-profile/#comment-25972 Stephanie Austin Wed, 25 Jan 2012 13:28:11 +0000 http://www.sundrip.com/?page_id=72#comment-25972 Hi Faith, I've just been looking in more depth at your website and I must apologise for not realising the reason behind your art, I now understand a little better. You are indeed a strong woman and I applaud you. I now know you are doing this for healing purposes and it is so wonderful to see how creative you are. I need to spend more time looking at your website to fully take it all in. Bless you x Hi Faith, I’ve just been looking in more depth at your website and I must apologise for not realising the reason behind your art, I now understand a little better. You are indeed a strong woman and I applaud you. I now know you are doing this for healing purposes and it is so wonderful to see how creative you are. I need to spend more time looking at your website to fully take it all in. Bless you x

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