Melting Stuff
Holistic Thoughts
Inspiration
016 years
by Mike
in Holistic Thoughts
Inspiration comes from many varied sources – a desire to execute something that jumps into one’s mind, seeing new shapes/color combinations/juxtapositions in nature or elsewhere, viewing various things created by others, talking with folks about ideas and works, obligations, guilt, to-do lists. There are so many sources of inspiration. In some ways, continuous dedication to creating work can set one deeper in a single track or similar tracks. That has happened in some ways to some of my fusing work – I have a couple of design patterns that I’ve been busily creating variations on. Fortunately, I’m getting a chance to break out of the routine and will be gathering inspiration from nature and other artists, via a trip to see some Oregon sights (John Day Fossil Beds, Crater Lake, Three Sisters mountains), and a stop by one of my favorite glass sources, the Bullseye Resource Center in Portland. I expect this to help spark some new approaches and visual efforts in my fusing work.
Holistic thoughts
116 years
It turns out that not devoting time in the past to my various creative activities has had an effect on more than just a decrease in made works. It turns out that some movements and muscles involved with lampworking and moving the larger sheets of glass have gotten lazy, as have some of the more creative thoughts that used to come in abundance. How to fix this? I’m taking a holistic approach, and working on both physical and mental approaches – which means dredging up the Tai Chi DVDs, and actually using them…and perhaps some of the yogalates on the ball exercises.