Comments on: The Art Biz ep. 6: Getting Back Into The Groove

By: Darlene Watson

Thu, 12 Jan 2017 21:10:48 +0000

I find a great long walk is so great for me as that is where I really start to make a plan. Also when I first wake up and I try to be quick to jot things down so I don’t forget once I wake completely. I go with the flow and if I start to paint, pj’s or not I stay at it until I feel I want to stop. When I have those days that I feel like I just want to do something else off I go walking or whatever, take my break and then back at it when it hits. Working from a home studio is wonderful as I can grab my coffee and canvas and just start. I have so many pairs of pj’s that have paint on them.lol Oh well. Life of the artist.

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By: Cynthia Morris

Thu, 12 Jan 2017 18:41:46 +0000

In reply to liz lautrup.

Woo hoo! Keep going, Liz, and enjoy more great work this year.

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By: Cynthia Morris

Thu, 12 Jan 2017 18:41:03 +0000

In reply to Taffina.

Great insight, Taffina. You’ll get more done with love than with haranguing!

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By: Cynthia Morris

Thu, 12 Jan 2017 15:26:42 +0000

In reply to Kelly Borsheim.

Hi Kelly!

I LOVE LOVE LOVE this sculpture and am so glad you finished it.

Thank you for sharing your story; it’s a great reminder to keep going and to honor the shifts we need to make.

Good luck with your knee surgery. May it bring you something new and fabulous like Matisse got when he could no longer paint.

Keep making!

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By: Cynthia Morris

Thu, 12 Jan 2017 15:24:20 +0000

In reply to Diana Dupre.

Hi Diana,

I love how organized you are getting! It’s great to notice the difference in energy and mood that decluttering can have.

Glad this sparked something in you. Have a great 2017!

And FYI – it’s Cynthia, never Cindy. 🙂

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By: Cynthia Morris

Thu, 12 Jan 2017 15:23:06 +0000

In reply to Peggy Steinberg.

Glad you liked it, Peggy, and that it got you into action. Makes me happy!

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By: Cynthia Morris

Thu, 12 Jan 2017 15:22:34 +0000

In reply to Tracy Haines.

Go Tracy! Thanks for sharing the small steps that had a big impact on getting back in the groove!

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By: liz lautrup

Mon, 09 Jan 2017 21:48:52 +0000

This was really pertinent for me too. As a mom of two kids with lots of breaks from school, I often have to leave the paints and brushes alone in my studio for weeks at a time. For instance, this Christmas time the kids had almost three weeks off, had my husbands family come for a week, and my son had a serious skiing accident, so I’ve been care-taking too.
Whenever I come back to the studio, it always takes me a while to get back into it, and particularly, to paint anything I like. I have learned to just give myself some time… usually takes up to a week to get to really doing some good stuff again.
This time I was pleasantly surprised. On my first day back, today, Monday, I started by doing a Guided Meditation for 25 minutes, then I did one really BAD painting layer, which frustrated me, but after that, I was off and running and doing some great stuff for the next three hours!

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By: Cherry Jeffs

Mon, 09 Jan 2017 19:17:15 +0000

In reply to Mariaan.

Hey Mariaan, I am just drafting a post about the importance of finding the theme (‘cos it came up in a convo with a coaching client). Sometimes we just have to keep digging for the theme, what is the work about? What do we want to say? What do we want people to feel when they look at it? Other times, we know what the theme is but we don’t want to engage with it because it feels too strong. We don’t want to show THAT in our work! But we can’t make the theme go away once it presents itself because if we do, we get blocked…(might masquerade as feeling bored or distracted!)…so…we’ve got to find a way to work that theme into our piece subtly…People will resonate with it but it won’t shout a them from the other side of the room 😉
So, as Cynthia says, just keep returning to what you LOVE about the work and your theme will gradually emerge 🙂

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By: Mariaan

Mon, 09 Jan 2017 18:35:51 +0000

Thank you for all your input.
I find that each time I have the luxury of taking some time off, I struggle with what I want to do next, I stay discontent with my work, never sure if I’m on the right route…no…always sure that I am not on the right route…
I’m struggling to get to a theme that works for me, I’m easily distracted, easily bored.
It is a big frustration for me.
I’m a workaholic, therefore it’s never a problem to get started again…
But man, I am lost!!

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