Office Hours are back from summer break!
Every week, I host open Office Hours for artists, creatives, and content creators who feel stuck, scattered, or overwhelmed.
This spring I felt like I was wandering. I had claimed abundance as my word of the year, and the year was feeling anything but abundant.
My ideas felt discombobulated. Working as a jewelry designer for 10 years, I had grown accustomed to creating “collections.” Making a series of pieces that had a central theme or look. When it came to art-making, it felt like I only had short stories when I wanted to write a novel. I hated it. I couldn’t enjoy the short stories I had (single pieces) because I wanted the novel (a body of work). I wanted the story, the series, the work that “meant something.” But hard as I try, good art does not arrive on command.
As I looked around, I noticed, I was in fact building a ‘body of work.’ The theme was florals.
The piece Wilderness Spring was something I had been working on, on and off for a couple months. Every time I painted a bit more, I felt like I was finding the beauty I longed for all along.
I hate how cliche this sounds. But I created my way out of my wilderness. Through my Side Quest Summer project, through creating SUPERBLOOM. It was healing, and restorative.
This piece, Wilderness Spring, the center point of the collection represents to me, the wildness of growth that happens after winter. Or after a drought. The beauty of life, layered complex, nuanced.
Wherever you are in your life, let this be a reminder that nothing lasts forever. The good or the bad. And taking one more step, showing up one more time, doing only the next right thing is how you’ll find your own way out of the wilderness.
L to R: Madonna di Fiori, Serendipitous Bounty, Lollipop Pink Drop
I’m working on a piece for artist mothers, and if you are one, I want to hear from you! Comment below, reply to this email, or DM me.
Here is what I want to know: What is one rule you live by that helps your creative practice? Hours of the day you work? Materials you use? Working with or without kids? Collaborating? I want to know!!!
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