Finally, I know how to BLOG!
1 Feb 2010 in Crafts Blog, Visual Arts & Crafts
Wheweee! I now know that I wasn’t stupid about the blogging, just BLIND.
The menu bar is right at the top of my screen, which being a Mac, all the tab lines and catagories are on a grey bar which is EXACTLY the same colour as the Northings – My Account . . . etc. bar. No wonder I couldn’t see it until Sian talked me through it.
Drowning in leather samples, bits of experimental tooling, dying, braiding, fringing, etc. This is all very intense – actually a good thing that I have photos in three weeks and must have the new product ready for that. By the time of the exhibition, I will be totally relaxed! I am using some of the methods of The Artists Way by allowing myself to start the day with creative writing & drawing of new ideas that have germinated during sleep. It is such a challenge to create something totally new! The only reassuring thing is that I can see from the blogging community that there are lots of people out there who are still in love with books. All this I-Tab stuff is so depressing. Will pen and paper really be obsolete? I use it all day, every day, but am I just part of a dwindling minority? Are children who write and draw seen as being backwards by their peers?
Time for some digital Radio 7 to give a backround of fantasy while I play with more paper. Good to see the progress of you other three.
Yes, Karen, do get into the artist’s way – it’s a really simple method (basically scribble every morning and treat yourself to something playful once a week) but it’s an immensely powerful way of unleashing creativity. I can’t praise it enough, I’ve seen it help so many people.
Can’t wait to read more. hope all is happy and well.
I’m with you on the pen ‘n paper stuff, although I like to do my writing with a pencil. I must get a hold of The Artists Way, there is so much chat about it!