And as long as I'm dispensing words of wisdom, here are a couple of things that I learned in grade school. They have to do with farming, but I think they apply to us Artistes, too. *g*
1) Crop rotation is important. If you keep planting one kind of vegetable over and over, you deplete the soil of the nutrients that vegetable requires. I think the same is true for artistic endeavor, which is one reason I also make jewelry and sometimes draw (very badly).
2) Allowing the ground to go fallow is also very important. A season with nothing planted helps it build itself back up, too. That's why it's important for us to have time when we're doing "nothing"; that time is not wasted, and we should not judge ourselves for it. (I have to tell myself that a lot.
I'm really glad you're working it out in your head, and also really glad I could help.
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Date: 2008-04-30 01:03 pm (UTC)And as long as I'm dispensing words of wisdom, here are a couple of things that I learned in grade school. They have to do with farming, but I think they apply to us Artistes, too. *g*
1) Crop rotation is important. If you keep planting one kind of vegetable over and over, you deplete the soil of the nutrients that vegetable requires. I think the same is true for artistic endeavor, which is one reason I also make jewelry and sometimes draw (very badly).
2) Allowing the ground to go fallow is also very important. A season with nothing planted helps it build itself back up, too. That's why it's important for us to have time when we're doing "nothing"; that time is not wasted, and we should not judge ourselves for it. (I have to tell myself that a lot.
I'm really glad you're working it out in your head, and also really glad I could help.