500 Creations :: Friday Update
January 27, 2006
"The challenge is to savor all the delicious unknowns and delight in the taste of possibility." Mary Anne Hershey
I am wishing I had the time and energy to photograph or scan all of the creations on my list, but 52 Figments has taken over my scanner. Although the majority of this week was not especially productive on the creative side, I was finally able to dive into my journal and do some mad collaging today. The journal collage entries from 28-39 were all done last week, and 40-48 were done today. I would hardly call today’s collages masterpieces, but the simple act of glueing images onto a page, slapping paint on them and writing quotes from the songs I was listening to was absolutely joyous after my week of hibernation.
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48. Journal collage
47.Journal collage
46. Journal collage
45. Journal collage
44. Journal collage
43. Journal collage
42. "Vintage Valentine" collage
41. 52 Figments postcard #4
40. 52 Figments postcard #5
39. Journal collage
38. Journal collage
37. Journal collage
36. Journal collage
35. Journal collage
34. Journal collage
33. Journal collage
32. Journal collage
31. Journal collage
30. Journal collage
29. Journal collage
28. Journal Collage
27. Illustration Friday: E is for EGG (shown above)
26. Sketchbook page: Faces
25. Sketchbook page: "Brown Bird" illustration
24. Sketchbook page: Girl with winged seahorse
23. Sketchbook page: Collage
22. Retreat collage
21. 52 Figments collage #2
20. 52 Figments collage #1
19. Sketchbook page: Girl drawings
18. Four drawings from exercises in The Creative License
17. Sketchbook page: Girl drawings
16. Sketchbook page: Girl drawings
15. Ceramic bird
14. Ceramic word stones (I actually made a bunch of them but I’m only counting it once.)
13. Handmade ceramic candle holder #3
12. Handmade ceramic candle holder #2
11. Handmade ceramic candle holder #1 (made at a local pottery studio)
10. "Roses" collage
9. "Relase" collage
8. "Needles" collage
7. "Girl with Bluebirds" collage
6. "Gentle" collage
5. "Fitzgerald" collage
4. "Buttons" collage
3. "Tokyo Mural" collage
2. "Pink Tokyo" collage
1. "Blue Tokyo" collage
you are doing SO wonderfully Swirly. I’m cheering you on from the east coast.
isn’t it amazing how the act of collaging can make you feel incredible? love that.
rah! rah! rah!
p.s. i would love an email with a copy of your retreat guide. many thanks!!
hey girlie…you are making some major progress. hell you may not think it is much, especially after a week of headaches. but boy oh boy, i am impressed!
happy weekend
Hi Christine! Wow, what an amazing start to the year, creatively. And I’m loving the figments so much, looking at them and doing them, but if they keep on how they are they’re going to take over your life as well as your scanner! What a response you’re getting. We’re going to need to hire you a scanning assistant!
-Laini
What a gorgeous image you made (again).
Love the delicate child and the butterfly. Mostly what i love about the butterfly is the angle of the wings rather than being flat it jumps out of the page! Great.
Could you mail me quickly to let me know what sort of paints you use? I’m not getting the right effects with mine.
Thanks Swirly Muse!
x
gorgeous as always dudette…
i’ve picked up my journal much more often lately, and feeeeeel the difference.
i really dig your idea of putting in the time and hours to your creativity.
#3 on the Gaping Void’s How to Be Creative List (found http://www.gapingvoid.com/Moveable_Type/archives/000932.html)
is: Put the hours in.
Blessings to you
leonie
swirlacious,
was just reading julia cameron’s “letters to a young artist” (which, by the way, is wonderous)… and she echoes your same philosophy of putting the hours in, setting your goal of 500 creations, just DOING IT, getting it out there…
and i felt excited reading her words, being reminded of your own dedication to time in the studio.
thank you for sharing your artist’s journey…
blessings to you ~
leonie
you’re well on your way!
Where are you Swirlygirl? I’m missing your posts! ( :
wooo hoooo!!!!! you are a total badass. go go go. no more (*&^ing around like last week.