Better from far away
Feb. 25th, 2024 07:48 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
smokingbootI did my first ever water colour last night.
A friends sister-in-law is starting an art group down in North Yorkshire, so she asked if she could test out her starter lesson with us. Who could say no? My work was very much the weakest out of the three students, but the meditation of sitting there and concentrating in a relaxed way was perfect. My mood has been difficult recently and this just blew it far far away.
Increasingly I enjoy arty shows, all spin-offs of the Great British Bake-Off formula; The Great Pottery Throwdown, Landscape Artist of the Year etc. Because I have always been very bad at such things, I just ignored artsy crafty stuff except to buy or/and admire. Now it comforts me somewhat to see the kindness and cleverness of hands. Words are still and always will be my first love. But if I do this more often, I will get better at it and it will make me feel good without any expectation of success.
A friends sister-in-law is starting an art group down in North Yorkshire, so she asked if she could test out her starter lesson with us. Who could say no? My work was very much the weakest out of the three students, but the meditation of sitting there and concentrating in a relaxed way was perfect. My mood has been difficult recently and this just blew it far far away.
Increasingly I enjoy arty shows, all spin-offs of the Great British Bake-Off formula; The Great Pottery Throwdown, Landscape Artist of the Year etc. Because I have always been very bad at such things, I just ignored artsy crafty stuff except to buy or/and admire. Now it comforts me somewhat to see the kindness and cleverness of hands. Words are still and always will be my first love. But if I do this more often, I will get better at it and it will make me feel good without any expectation of success.
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Date: 2024-02-26 08:25 am (UTC)Art is the opposite. The acceptance of no talent means something else. It's a very different kind of feeling.
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Date: 2024-02-27 01:35 pm (UTC)Same.