Sixty felt tip pens
Sep. 19th, 2015 09:11 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
gbI will NOT start this entry with 'I should use this more often', that is a cliche and I see no pressing reasons to blog my life atm, anyway! I feel like writing a post now, so I shall.
I have been a little more creative than usual lately. An odd problem presents itself in that I've had no projects going and, unfortunately, while motivated, I'm also tired as balls after working from home, meatspace unpleasantness, doing most of the chores and getting over a throat infection. So, I have had difficulty establishing something to work on and this energy tends to scatter.
Drawing was an issue for me in that I would get stuck very easily. I dropped the daily drawing when I overstepped my abilities. Lately, I've gone back to doodling on A4 paper, often with a pen. When I'm stuck, drawing something from reference or real life--even if it's a very quick and lazy drawing--is enough to get over the 'blank page' problem. I still draw way, way, way too small, maybe I'll work on that next. I had a Twitter art account which didn't work out. Vaguely considering making an Instagram I'd update daily...
Writing is something I'd really like to get back into. I'm vaguely considering writing salacious ebooks for an side income. Hey, it's a skill I (arguably) have and it doesn't involve having to dress corporate. I'm also considering learning how to tailor, on a totally unrelated note. This year has overall been an improvement over 2014, but despite the ongoing money and health issues, and the stressful/sad "real life" events that have happened lately, it feels like there has been a shift in my mindset, like... like I've pulled myself out of survival mode, and instead I have this general attitude of 'let's try new things and even if I totally flunk them it'll be a laugh'. It is nice. More of this, please.
I have been a little more creative than usual lately. An odd problem presents itself in that I've had no projects going and, unfortunately, while motivated, I'm also tired as balls after working from home, meatspace unpleasantness, doing most of the chores and getting over a throat infection. So, I have had difficulty establishing something to work on and this energy tends to scatter.
Drawing was an issue for me in that I would get stuck very easily. I dropped the daily drawing when I overstepped my abilities. Lately, I've gone back to doodling on A4 paper, often with a pen. When I'm stuck, drawing something from reference or real life--even if it's a very quick and lazy drawing--is enough to get over the 'blank page' problem. I still draw way, way, way too small, maybe I'll work on that next. I had a Twitter art account which didn't work out. Vaguely considering making an Instagram I'd update daily...
Writing is something I'd really like to get back into. I'm vaguely considering writing salacious ebooks for an side income. Hey, it's a skill I (arguably) have and it doesn't involve having to dress corporate. I'm also considering learning how to tailor, on a totally unrelated note. This year has overall been an improvement over 2014, but despite the ongoing money and health issues, and the stressful/sad "real life" events that have happened lately, it feels like there has been a shift in my mindset, like... like I've pulled myself out of survival mode, and instead I have this general attitude of 'let's try new things and even if I totally flunk them it'll be a laugh'. It is nice. More of this, please.
