A Creative Mantra: Go to the Table and Trust

a work in progress - or not

I haven't been painting as much as I would have liked to. I won't list excuses; I just didn't.

But I did go to my creative space a few times and when I did, I got lost in time. I collaged, I painted, I played with colour; I made a mess. I spread my supplies out on the table and kept telling myself "Pretend you're back at Squam. Pretend you're in Misty's class...pretend you're in Misty's class...pretend you're in Misty's class. Just play."

A self-admitted perfectionist, it's hard for me to allow myself to get things wrong before I can get them right. But I have to try anyway.

I want to live an artful life that includes making art. Specifically, I want to explore the world of mixed media paint and collage - the world to which I was introduced at Squam that had me smitten. I can read blogs about it, I can write about it or I can buy funky paints, but if I want to someday be a visual artist I need to open up those paints and get messy - I need to go to the table. Then I need to trust that things will unfold as they should.

So I present to you my new creative mantra: go to the table and trust.

Whether your table is a sketchpad on which you draw, a blank page on which you write or neighbourhood streets waiting to be captured in photos, I invite you to join me. Simply go to the table and trust.