creativity

Changing My Intent

April 19, 2010

I thought about titling this post “Deadlines Flying By” because I’ve let a number of exhibit entry dates go by without entering any of my work.  Deadlines used to cause me to intensify my focus and create new and better work.  Now they entice me and then as the date approaches and then disappears, they [...]

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Synergy 2 Exhibit Piece

December 22, 2009

Here is my piece for the Synergy 2 Exhibit.  I am calling it “Keeping It Together”.  The name seemed appropriate because  the theme of this second Synergy Conference is Connections, and the necklace uses many forms of connections:  polymer clay to polymer clay, soldered connections, tabs and links.  All these types of connections serve to [...]

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Creative sabotage

October 12, 2009

I’m still here.  I haven’t had much to say lately as I am practicing my usual autumnal creative sabotage.  That is, I think about projects, things I’d like to try etc., then I find all sorts of excuses not to start them.  I’m laughing at myself as I write this, because really that’s pretty pathetic [...]

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Reawakening the creative voice

May 14, 2009

This long dark winter has been a creative desert for me.  It has been so long since I have done anything artsy that my creative voice has been completely silenced.  Even when I am too busy with life to get into the studio, my mind is usually awash in ideas and images.  Often I think [...]

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The view from the sidelines

December 20, 2008

Note from Libby:  I wrote this post several days ago, meaning to get back to it and revise a bit.  I have been hesitant to publish it because I don’t want this blog to come across as whiny.  Creativity has an ebb and flow, and while it is harder to write about, I think examining [...]

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Great post about motivation

November 25, 2008

Thanks to Gerri Newfry for the link to this blog post by Alicia Tormey on the subject of creative motivation. It’s a fantastic post full of ideas I really need to take to heart.  It seems so obvious and yet, I have never really thought about the difference between inspiration and motivation.  While inspiration flows [...]

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