Nor adhere to a strick ‘studio only’ schedule.
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Or put brush to bord or pencil to paper or torch to wax at appointed, regulated hours….

whew.

So glad I got that off my chest.

I feel like I’ve just been to confession and I am awaiting absolution…..

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Now don’t get me wrong.

it was always – Version 2

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Judge me you will, I know it’s simply unavoidable;

human nature.

BUT:

I feel no less productive.

Creative.

Passionate.

Committed.

Successful.

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<Whatever that is to feel like….>

than (oh that devilish word of comparison-‘than’!)

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Because there is so much chatter on

‘stick to a routine’

‘go to the studio everyday’

‘create daily’

even the popularity of the ‘painting a day’ craze

or the ‘write for 15 minutes every day’ practice

and even the viable and real-yet-still-restricting

‘10,000 hours’ diet

I fear we’ve-

artists, creators, makers-

become scared

worried

closed in and tightened up

by the restrictions of rules

these prescriptions for ‘how it needs to be done’.

Creativity is elusive and alluring. Tangible and tantalizing.

It doesn’t come on a schedule, by a prescription or following metrics….

Remember:

These are only suggestions put out there by well-meaning (one can hope so!) individuals who have found these

notions to work for them.

They’ve reached their ‘successful’ bar by way of these metrics.

Have you noticed though

you don’t look like them?

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I paint 10 a day (10 is random, get it?! Not a prescription only a suggestion as the line needs a number and 10 looks pretty)

then bake

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clean

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weed

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ride

sunbath

dream

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tour

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write

read

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talk

explore

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pet the cat…..

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For days on end.

Then I begin again

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Should the notion strike.

And it always does.

In its own due time and place.

Because that’s what is in me.

what comes out.

If I let it.

And I let it.

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Pace.

Practice.

Persistence.

Yet patience.

pausing.

peace.

(And did you know my name is Patricia? A P thing….)

in love.

trish

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