Morgan Bellunleashing the artist within . . .
March 27th 2008 09:45
i started my first painting in a very long time today . . . and it was surprisingly fulfilling.
i know arts and crafts are often recommended as therapy for people with chronic, debilitating or terminal illnesses to get their mind off the pain and discomfort of treatments . . . a friends father was battling cancer and he took solace in growing bonsai trees and painting . . . it gave him something positive to focus on . . . being a working-class middle-aged man he actually sucked all the relaxation out of the activity by turning it into a competition and "speed-painting" churning a new artwork out every half hour haha but he was happy because he was productive.
well thats how i felt today: productive, creative, content, inspired
and i found once i had painted for awhile i was suddenly overwhelmed with motivation to write, i got my "ideas book" out and scribbled pages of notes for story ideas . . . all from putting the first layer of paint on a simple landscape . . . i think i oiled the creaky old creative doorways of my mind with some visual stimulation . . .
i think i unleashed the artist within! <insert dramatic violin music here>
i know arts and crafts are often recommended as therapy for people with chronic, debilitating or terminal illnesses to get their mind off the pain and discomfort of treatments . . . a friends father was battling cancer and he took solace in growing bonsai trees and painting . . . it gave him something positive to focus on . . . being a working-class middle-aged man he actually sucked all the relaxation out of the activity by turning it into a competition and "speed-painting" churning a new artwork out every half hour haha but he was happy because he was productive.
well thats how i felt today: productive, creative, content, inspired
and i found once i had painted for awhile i was suddenly overwhelmed with motivation to write, i got my "ideas book" out and scribbled pages of notes for story ideas . . . all from putting the first layer of paint on a simple landscape . . . i think i oiled the creaky old creative doorways of my mind with some visual stimulation . . .
i think i unleashed the artist within! <insert dramatic violin music here>
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Comment by Troy McNaughton
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Comment by Morgan Bell
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Comment by Troy McNaughton
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If Dan Knight can do it i don't see any real barrier to stop us lol
*Sorry for the others*
Comment by Mountain Fog
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Since you are in rural setting, why not get a HUGE canvas, or bedsheet of whatever, and get really physical with big buckets of paint, sqeeze bottles, use a fan to spray fine mist...etc
wish I could organize that myself actually....hmm..
fog
Comment by Morgan Bell
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smash a few beer bottles into it and stub out a few cigarettes? haha
wouldnt it be wonderful to have a big studio just for art where you could go nuts!
at present im restricted to a corner of the garage and my mother saying "now dont you get any paint on anything" . . . i presume im allowed paint on the canvas! haha
Comment by Mountain Fog
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Or, do it in the garden, using vegetable dyes and get on with the splashing! Ever see that smart arse dude in the USA, who came up with the gimick of throwing a pot of paint into the air, in front of a spinning aircraft propellar, the resultant spray covering a canvas he set up...he sold them for small fortunes...annoyingly the effect was quite nice too..
how I LOATHE fake artists, even though, sometimes, I kind of admire their utter impudence!
cheers
fog