I spent my Thanksgiving vacation painting, writing and playing tennis (yes! in the cold wind...it was awesome.) I attacked with the paintbrush my Delphinus Bloom sketch, which I am sorry to say I didn't photograph as purely a sketch...but it is coming to life slowly. I do it in steps...always the person, last. That's the part I want to get perfectly right. I've been writing a story of regarding my other two paintings, Lady Cecilia and the troubled, scandalized Lord Rosemont. You know they were meant to be, but how they meet isn't exactly pretty and it isn't isn't sparks and fireworks. But it will be, oh, you know it will be.
Do you think the creative rush is in replacement of my inability to go Christmas shopping due to severe lack of funds? Boy, did I feel the pull of pressure from television, ads that were jammed in my newspaper, radio announcers and even relatives on Thanksgiving Day going through my flyers of advertising planning their 4 am attack on Black Friday. I have no money to spare at this time, with health bills piling up, etc...and I started to feel...guilty. Jealous. I was missing out on something. Ridiculous. But I did feel it.
I did what I could do. Paint. Write and had a ball playing tennis with my family. We all felt so invigorated and refreshed. Creating something and watching it turn into something that is appealing, alluring, and attractive with colors that make you smile is a reward you can't buy. Well, you can buy paintings, but to create something yourself is a fantastic feeling...same for writing...putting characters and twisting plots to life transferring from your brain to paper is an amazing feat. It didn't exist before, the people, the characters, the places, their stories, and then type away. Voila! There it is! A story.
It was definitely stress relieving...creating in any way, even body movement is a release. Emotion...means to feel... up and out.....emotions must run through us and out into the universe, otherwise we get blocked and feel awful.
I think I better get painting after I'm done writing here. I have some "stuff" that needs to get out!!!
Peace.
