Day 2 of Year 2
There's been a lot of drama at my house this week. Nothing serious, not health issues, just the tougher stuff of life rearing it's unwanted head. It's put me off my game in the studio. So what does an artist do when their flow is interrupted? They play. It's a wonderful opportunity to try new things without any expectation that they will work out. It's pure enjoyment and exploration with zero pressure and it's a really important part of being an artist. Without play it is so easy to get stuck in your ways. Instead of clinging to an idea of what was working, I've let myself go (and that doesn't just mean forgetting to brush my hair! 😊) Old structures need to crumble to make space for new. Let them crumble while I play and soon enough I'll have my flow back.
BTW, a ghost print is a second print made from ink that is left on the plate from the first print. Swipe to see the first print that the ghost was made from.
Is my soul asleep?
By Antonio Machado
Is my soul asleep?
Have those beehives that labor
at night stopped? And the water-
wheel of thought,
is it dry, the cups empty,
wheeling, carrying only shadows?
No, my soul is not asleep,
It is awake, wide awake.
It neither sleeps nor dreams, but watches,
its clear eyes open,
far-off things, and listens
at the shores of the great silence.
xoxo