tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10294353.post1155006072490505998..comments2023-11-02T08:23:06.850-04:00Comments on studio 78 notes: strugglingUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10294353.post-15823374956879779032007-12-23T12:11:00.000-05:002007-12-23T12:11:00.000-05:00I find it impossible to reproduce what I have in m...I find it impossible to reproduce what I have in my head, so I'm like Gerrie - go with what I CAN do.Shirley Goodwinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01479768160284996206noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10294353.post-56932200237868820112007-12-21T23:02:00.000-05:002007-12-21T23:02:00.000-05:00I recently finished a piece of work that had been ...I recently finished a piece of work that had been in my head for five years. During that time of thinking and making mock-ups, walking, talking about it with others, taking yet another class, etc, it finally came together, and went together fairly easily. Is it like the original idea? No, it is better. Every one who has seen it thinks it is grand. MaryAnnAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10294353.post-44454248319085706982007-12-20T21:13:00.000-05:002007-12-20T21:13:00.000-05:00Rayna, I am 100% in agreement with Russ. My work i...Rayna, I am 100% in agreement with Russ. My work is a collaboration between what I envision for it and what actually happens when I relinquish control to the muse, higher power or even the dog! In other words, getting out of my own way.<BR/><BR/>I too, have had pieces that fermented in my brain for months, and then turned out entirely different, or the best yet, went in a totally different direction. In the end, I loved it. <BR/><BR/>And maybe the piece of struggle is serving it's purpose. Maybe it has to do no more, but hang there and remind you to surrender.<BR/><BR/>Hope your head clears literally and metaphorically and magic appears on your design wall, soon.TALL GIRLhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12685286013347215222noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10294353.post-7557151186591397232007-12-20T12:09:00.000-05:002007-12-20T12:09:00.000-05:00I hope you are feeling better,my dear. I am! I nev...I hope you are feeling better,my dear. I am! I never really worry that I can't create what I had in my mind as long as something interesting emerges from my attempts. I don't usually have anything very concrete unless I have done a detailed sketch, which rarely happens any more.<BR/><BR/>Be careful out there.Gerriehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06292762162661584206noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10294353.post-51901282619840812772007-12-20T10:09:00.000-05:002007-12-20T10:09:00.000-05:00Your comments touch on several issues for me. I fi...Your comments touch on several issues for me. I find that I’m most satisfied with work that I allow to evolve. I can’t count the number of times that I’ve set out to create a specific image, object, meal, event, whatever and it turns into something else. The more I assess the final product against the initial plan, the less it's able to stand on it's own and the less I'm able to appreciate it for what it is. <BR/><BR/>I try to think of my art as collaborative. No matter what I make, I’m creating in partnership with The Creator, whom you can label God, muse, inner child, universe, nature, whatever works for you. I recognize (usually well after the fact) that when I tense up and get frustrated with the way my work is turning out it’s because I’m trying too hard to be the only one in control. <BR/><BR/>That’s just the way that I think about things. I too take pictures, sketch, audition fabric, walk away, get frustrated, and yes I have pieces that I would use as dust rags if they weren’t so damn ugly! Maybe it’s a cop-out, but I feel that in the end I have to look at what I produce and say “I set out to say something about X, and this is how it turned out today.”Russ Littlehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05087596343127077125noreply@blogger.com