Saturday, January 14, 2012

Art?

I totally need to simplify. I love so many things... how do I narrow it down? The image above was pulled from a wonderful blog I follow. I so want to be this woman! Makes me want to lose weight simply because I want to wear vintage clothing. I want to furnish my house with junk finds from flea markets, thrift stores, ect. I want a distinct personal style. I want to travel and camp. I want to enjoy the simple things in life. I want to do something creative with my life. I'm hoping my upcoming pottery class provides some inspiration. When I talk about pottery it all makes since. In high school pottery was my favorite class. I became a teacher's assistant, and even did a few demonstrations on wheel throwing. They opened up the studio every Saturday, and I was there! When I went to college I wanted to major in ceramics. I ended up hearing through the grapevine that my instructor thought I was no good, and I ended up getting a C grade. I was devastated.  I changed my major immediately and ended up on academic probation. Life got real confusing there for awhile. I decided it was best to drop out of college and take care of some personal issues. At one point I did sign up for a ceramics class at the local community college, but I wasn't ready. I went to a few classes and just never went went back. I left all my tools and everything. I haven't touched clay since. Only recently with the help of a therapist, I realize I light up when I talk about those days in high school. He convinced me to try it again and not worry so much about the outcome, but focus on how working with clay makes me feel. So I am giving it a go. I am excited and nervous at the same time. Its definitely out of my comfort zone to start something new like this. I really hope I get something out of this... like a career? Okay, I doubt that, but one can dream. If nothing else I hope it opens up the world of art to me again. Someday I want to try watercolor again too, but one thing at a time.

1 comment:

  1. Sounds to me like your headed in the right direction. Praise and criticism both can be valuable, but don't let others decide your worth - be YOU and do what you enjoy as as often as you can. I think I learned these things some time ago but only in the last few years have I really started trying to LIVE them. It is scary to take on but it gets easier and is so very worth it. Keep going - you can do it!

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