I find that when I had less time available to me and I was more stressed, I made more time for my creative side. Since I left my job, I have not been painting nearly as much and I should. I get so much joy from it.
Remember this?
It’s taken me about three months to get back to this painting. Last night I worked on the colours a bit more and started on my tree. I just love getting lost in a painting.
A little bit more work and it should be finished.
On another note – our sign for Jackal’s Den has arrived. Made for us by Vanessa from Splinters.
I need to live with it for a while before I decide where I am going to be hanging it. It will be near our entrance but I have about 5 spots to choose from.
What do you do to stimulate your creativity and how often do you make time for it?
The Slowvelder 
Great point! And love the sign!
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while not technically creative, i find web-building quite stimulating and a good technical / creative alternative to the more conceptual work i do. that, and playing drums! cool paintings!
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i meant, ‘especially creative’.. must have technical on the brain 🙂
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I agree – web site building can be very stimulating and creative.
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I love the painting! I totally agree with you about the creativity… I have less and less time for anything other than work, and I am becoming more and more stressed
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Time to get those brushes out Lynne 🙂
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Gosh, Jackie, I love your painting. It’s stunning. I so wish I could create anything that is the least bit representational.
I often collage when I need to do something creative–though these days I’m making lots of Christmas ornaments.
Thanks so much for sharing your art!
Kathy
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I have had a look at your beautiful creations Kathy – they are awesome!
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I find the more often other people are creative. i.e paint and publish it online to be very stimulating and encouraging. When I don’t have or make time to paint then I will spend time reading about it,or looking up art related content on the internet. But that also takes up precious time and can become an excuse. Quite honestly if I spent as much time painting as I did thinking of painting I might actually get somewhere !?!
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I think the thinking part can sometimes be just as creative – once I find a picture to paint I can spend may hours just thinking about it in my head and I get almost as much satisfaction from that process 🙂
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I find when I am not creating I am not whole. Creating keeps me healthy and oddly enough, although I am a painter, have sculpted, etc… I find now that it just has to be something – anything that involves some sort of problem solving. Planning out fence lines, working on house plans, writing, photo layouts, and gardening. Yikes should I go back and take a mathematics course!? On second thought I will get my sketchbook out. Cheers to your lovely painting!
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I have found that I dont even need the thinking part – so long as I am using my hands creatively – a maths course sounds fab….lol
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My outlets are writing and photography. Both of which I have been neglecting because I’ve been too busy stressing about where we would move to now that our house has been sold. I definitely need to get back to my artistic outlets.
Love the artwork (and the new sign)…they’re beautiful.
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Thank you Tas – glad your home has all been sorted out
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I don’t know why but, when I’m stressed out and unbalanced, I seem to get my best ideas and inspirations … when everything is hunky-dory I become slothful and unimaginative …
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agreed – sometimes stress makes us more creative – very true
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