Camp Creek Press

I remember reading somewhere about emphasizing the journey of the creation, not the creation itself. I struggle with that but try not to let me kids here my thoughts of perfectionism. I love your artsy photos!

i don't know if my last comment went through or not - i navigated away too fast - do i have to enter a code to leave a comment?

anyways, in case my comment got lost i just wanted to say that you are providing such a wonderful service for those of us trying to nurture our budding artists. Thank you thank you thank you! plus, i met a new friend through the observational drawing flickr group. good stuff.

thank you, kelly (re: my artsy photos!) - yes, it's process over product! if you can rid yourself of the idea that there should be something pretty at the end, you're halfway there. then just convince yourself that it's the approach to the work that is important and not the work itself (we're getting very zen here) and you're 95% there. ;^)

molly - nope, there was no other comment - and btw, i do that *all the time* - type my comment on someone's blog, click enter and then close the window automatically & forget to plug in the code. ugh!

there are no codes on this blog; i just OK the comments by hand - because i just looooooooove deleting the spam comments one by one by one by one by one by one...

and yay! i'm glad you made a new friend :^D) and thank YOU for your kind comments - i appreciate it so much. compliments are what fuel my blogging, you know. ;^)

I'm thinking about changing my name when I comment over here--I'll have to think of something good before I make an official name change.

But anyway, I had to chime in here and say, YES!!!! I was thinking this week, that just during that simple observational drawing lesson, I learned so much about emma. And you'd think that after six years with the girl, i might have her figured out, but no--she surprises me every day.

And I think your point about doing these open-ended projects vs. defined outcome projects is so good. I guess I'd never really thought about it long enough to make it stick in my mind. There is so much value in sitting down to something that doens't have a predetermined ending.

lol, molly - i wonder if you all have the same second names...

and thank you - and thank you again ..

mine surprise me, too.

and re: open-ended projects .. it's so true .. they need practice in thinking, using their creativity, even just thinking about what they like!