The wrong canvas

[blueerica]

It's really hard to say. I know that I work better with dry media than with almost any kind of paint. It's an understanding of that realm, I think, that makes the difference. I find that I can have fun with paint and large-scale canvases if I just let myself go and stop worrying. It's in those moments I find myself at my creative best. The more stressed I am, the longer it takes for me to get into any kind of swing.

I haven't been reading any kind of LJ (I've just been too swamped, and have picked the LoT as my must-see website), but it's funny you mention a feeling that you've lost some sort of creativity. I feel it, too, and I can't help but wonder if it's a product of my increasingly busy life. I'm sure it is, but clearly, I've made a choice to shun the creativity I once basked in.

Recently, I happened upon seeing the Google or Yahoo Spider slurping up, reading, patrolling, and it was on this thread that our dear friend LSPE created. In it, she talks about The Artist's Way, and writing in a stream-of-conscious style for three pages, every morning. While I'm not doing three pages, whenever possible, preferably early in the day, when I'm not busy editing my every though, I try to do it for as long as I can, which varies between one to two pages.

I've also remembered where I left my paints. I'm picking them up next week - then I'll have a paint-a-thon after the super busy portion of the semester is over.

So I guess, don't worry. If small is your thing, do small. Do large and be unafraid of errors, and perfection. That's what creativity isn't, IMO. Just keep going, keep trying, and love what you're doing.