{"id":6858,"date":"2021-03-08T13:05:40","date_gmt":"2021-03-08T18:05:40","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.dawnbanning.com\/newsblog\/?p=6858"},"modified":"2021-03-09T09:14:39","modified_gmt":"2021-03-09T14:14:39","slug":"foundations-new-video-work","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.dawnbanning.com\/newsblog\/foundations-new-video-work\/","title":{"rendered":"Foundations: New video & Work"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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 Creativity can emerge in bursts of bright energy, flowing from fingertips like water. These instances are rare. Sometimes its in brief whispers you strain to hear.. and others, it is a continuous, rather painful slog fest.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n

 Every painting is a mixture of vision, problem solving, emotion and skill. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

The professionals all have scrap piles. It\u2019s part of the process. How we feel<\/em><\/strong> about those scrap piles can have as much effect on our growth as evolving skills. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

If it feels like a heap of failure, growth stalls.  We learn from unsuccessful work. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Problem solving can be done with the brush, or a different activity can spark creative solutions. We can put it aside look upon it with fresh eyes in a month, or a year. Sometimes it\u2019s destined for the trash, and other times, it can become something new.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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When culling work, I enfold the ones I can. I sand them down, thank them for their little gifts, and begin again. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

It\u2019s such a wonderful parallel in life, embracing our supposed imperfections alongside desire to improve. <\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

There is much joy in evolving,<\/em> becoming the person we can be proud of, healthier, more compassionate, better in our relationships and work. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Yet, if we are driving with need to constantly improve, chasing perfection without being gentle with our shortcomings, then we are driving with an unsettling force to a finish line we will never meet. We will not always say or do the right thing, or achieve a personal best, a masterpiece every time. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Growth matures when we embrace humanity in ourselves and our attempts. They are part of our foundation. We are built on the cracked and the solid. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

This new painting comes from the foundation of another, and it’s gifts made it more successful than if I had begun anew. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

My intention before I began, was it would be deeply personal, from a place and time that was transcending. I wouldn’t fuss with detail, or worry about end result. For the first time, I didn\u2019t have the thought it was destined for someone else. I let myself become totally absorbed by my experience in this moment in life, in that connection. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

It was freeing. ~<\/p>\n\n\n\n

(see the live studio version of this post here)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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