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Something to Ponder

12/8/2013

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                                   "The artist doesn't see things as they are, but as he is."  Anon.

Each Sunday I begin my week with a quote to inspire me and a question to think about throughout the week.  Last week I thought a lot about my style of painting and what I would like to change.  Then this morning I read this quote and it reflected some of the thoughts that I had been having since my yoga class on Tuesday.  The class is small and I was the only one who was able to attend.  After class we were talking about my very new meditation practice.  I shared that when I am painting water (which I usually do) it is as if I am meditating. I get totally lost in what I am doing and my mind is not racing with all types of thoughts as it so often does.  I am in the moment and my mind is quiet. I had recently learned that many people meditate as they walk so I questioned whether I could meditate as I paint.  I decided that I could consider the time I spent painting as a part of my meditation practice.  This decision shifted the way I felt about other things I was pondering. I paint water all of the time.  I can start to paint something without water and it will end up in the painting anyway.  I was starting to worry that I might not be growing as an artist because I was painting the same thing over and over.  But I've decided that for now this is what I am supposed to paint.  I am going to embrace my paintings and my style and not worry about whether I am growing.  I have a feeling that the more I paint, no matter what the subject, the more I will grow.  

People say they often feel a calmness when they look at my work.  I am naturally a calm person so I am glad that my paintings reflect that.  There are times when I think my work should reflect more energy but then I realize they reflect who I am and what I see. They are a part of me and that is not something I want to change.  

So my question this week is:  Do your paintings reflect who you are and what you see?  I have often had teachers tell me to paint what I see. When I tell them I am, they walk away looking confused.  I don't often see things exactly the way others do.  And that is fine, if what I see reflects who I am not who someone else wants me to be. 

Remember:  When you share your dreams and your talent with the world, magic happens.  Let the magic begin today!  Ginny
                           
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Kelly link
12/8/2013 02:32:48 am

I love this painting, Ginny, and your description of where you're at in your painting right now and what it means to you and others. I see a lot of passion in this one, in addition to the peace. Peaceful passion. My favorite thing. I find myself painting similar things over and over again, too--or, I did when I was painting. Landscapes, especially water, lots of orange and blue and green, and an endless fascination with Monet.

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aga link
12/11/2013 06:30:51 am

beautiful, inspiring and very dynamic painting.

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