A COVID LIFE - Creative Endeavors

 A COVID LIFE - Creative Endeavors

Who am I? I am a creative, an artist, it is my core self. It's my core operating system. I am inherently incapable of consistent linear thinking. It's a brain, DNA thing. I attempt, write, and analyze but this has to be done in spurts, which is why my blog is stagnant. I haven't entered art that I have been doing during COVID. 

Art for clients is GREAT! I love being paid for using my talents, but art for myself seems to sit on the back burner. I have decided to incorporate that into my blog... What does art mean to me? What does it represent? How do I use my creative talents for myself? 

Cooking, sewing, writing bad poetry, taking pictures, makeup, painting, doing digital art, creating oracle cards, and more! I have been art journaling since lockdown and some amazing things have come out of it. This is all on a purely personal level, but it lifted my spirits time and time again. This action of personal expression has given me insight into what was lost through the constant distraction of creating art for 'others' (clients friends, etc.). 

My post this week is a hand-drawn logo client. I was actually amazed that the client was so thrilled with the final outcome. A heartfelt reminder that I am an artist, always have been. Embracing more of that in my personal time needs to be a priority moving forward. 

This is the art that I have done for myself recently. An emotion that has come up time and again around our election and the way the disease has been handled in America. 

Expressing our inner selves is cathartic. It's necessary. It's needed. It's healthy. Also, be aware that we are ALL creative in our own ways, and explore how to do more of that. It gives us hope and helps to keep love alive inside of us. Now go grab a pencil and a piece of paper and draw. <3