I am learning to be more okay with the process of creating. With being at peace with unfinished projects. This has been especially true in my current art journal. I’ve been creating backgrounds – layering papers, painting, stamping, establishing texture… and then leaving the pages unfinished and moving on. This is new for me. I have always done them one page after the next, front to back, making sure that each page is perfectly complete before starting another.
I believe, as silly as it may sound, that this ability to leave things in progress is representative of an evolution in my life in general — not just my art. I am learning how to let go, how to be okay with not having all of the answers, how to love the imperfections inside and outside of myself, and how to love the process.
I didn’t want to put this blog up until it was perfectly finished — until I had a remarkable design and code of my own to feature, at least. But I am going to let this be part of the process.
Everything is a work in progress until it’s over.
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I think that the new take on your art journal is awesome. I should remember that more often. The process is sometimes the most fun as the finished product anyway. I look forward to see the progress of your process here.
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