My art work is null and void. I use to be so inspired. I used to be able to just sit in front of a canvas and create from my own mind. I really enjoyed painting and creating new things. I feel like I have lost my abiblities. My will to create new ideas is lost. I still enjoy sketching but I need to look at others work to get ideas. I have so many other hobbies that have made up for my lost time in front of the easel, but it's not the same. Do I just sit down and make myself paint? Do I drop all of my other hobbies so the only thing I can do is paint? When I took an art class oh so many years ago, I was feeling the same sort of funk. As the class went on I felt inspired and created so many wonderful things. I could paint again ! Perhaps I should take a class to get my momentum/motivation flowing....
Am I no longer the artist that I once thought I was, or wanted to be? Time to look at more options....
I feel like this about my writing lately. I used to just sit and the words would flow - now, not so much. I need to think, consider, plan... and I'm far more critical of my work now than I was when I was younger. Maybe our self-expectations have just increased and we're finding it more difficult to be artistic in our new self-set parameters ;)
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