I just returned from a three day Chan (Zen) retreat on Vancouver Island and today is my processing day. I can feel the creative energy beginning to build from the retreat and will be doing some marketing work tomorrow as well as sending off some prints to another happy customer. If you are an artist my advice is the more clarity you have in your mind, the better your art will be. I understand that much art flows from angst and pain. I am talking about a different level of functioning here. Pure awareness is what we are made of. That needs to come up and find form if you are really an artist. Its very simple and has nothing to do with the needs of the ego. Pure awareness gives rise to both the ego self and all forms in the world. Yes this can be experienced, not just conceptualized. When you put your digital pen or your brush to canvas or screen, something miraculous is happening! The big question is “Do you see it?” or are you busy making other plans while you paint. Many speak of being in the moment these days, but how many really are? Being in each moment of creation is nothing but the blazing clear light of timeless awareness. That’s all. I have nothing more to say on this.
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Interesting post. I have been working through Julia Cameron’s The Artist’s Way that has had that same sort of emphasis on clarity and relaxing to simply let your work flow though you. Your retreat must have been lovely.
Thanks for your comment. I enjoyed seeing your collage process unfolding on your website. This strikes a chord with me, especially since my digital work with Corel Painter is never really “done”.
I play digitally with photoshop. I have never played with Corel. But thanks for taking the time to check it out. I think it is always interesting to view how other artists work. I am curious what you meant about it striking a chord? Why do you think your digital work is never done.
I guess I meant it was nice to see your unfolding creation over time. That struck a chord because I have various sequential saved versions of many of my works. Sometimes I will return to a piece I thought I had finished, years later because it is interesting to see where else it could go. Or I will revisit the older versions just for the fun of it. I suppose there are times when I know enough is enough and leave it alone. A good artist knows when to stop. When I was working with analog media I always had a clearer sense of the finish point, but with digital, the boundary gets a little blurred.