Yesterday, I ran an experiment. I let myself do whatever I wanted and I noticed what got done. What happens when I bounce (if you’ve ever seen me in person, I actually do bounce) between my art table (painting in my art journal) and my computer (writing my Body+Soul column about art) and playing with the dog and then some coaching and email and reading and eating and a walk around the block with Luna dog and Chris husband…
My opinion has been that this sort of bouncing is not the best. Is it creative flow and ADD behavior? There is almost always a slight tremor of "Am I doing what I need to be doing?" shivering underneath this sort of day… so yesterday I let the tremor be there and I also savored the creative ju-ju dance… Not sure yet what I learned so I am repeating today!
HEY
Have you ever noticed how closely related sexual desire and creative desire feel? Yesterday, I thought I might have an orgasm as I pinged-ponged between collaging and painting and writing… An vital piece of data for my experiment (she said slyly).
FOR A TREAT
Visit Lynne’s studio and also Teesha Moore’s- they’ve been wonderful sources for my article.
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1 nanc Dec 15, 2005
I allowed myself to wander around Lynne’s and Teesha’s websites. I felt like I’d been on my “artist’s date,” a la Julia Cameron. I am smiley and feel refreshed. : )
2 Lainie Dec 17, 2005
So, what did you get done? Did you feel “productive” in review? Or was that even an element?
I find myself doing the same sort of bouncing. Sit down to work on article. Pick up phone to call school. Get out stuff to wrap Christmas presents. Drop that and begin working on a scrapbook page. Return to article for 15 minutes. Check e-mail. Check Jennifer’s blog. Call dentist. Finish wrapping presents. On and on. And you know what? I get a lot of things “done!” In fact, pretty much everything that NEEDED to be completed (presents, phone calls, article) got crossed off the list, and in the meantime I did some other fun stuff.
The thing I don’t like about this working style is that I can feel disconnected — that I’m not totally “in” to whatever I’m doing. Focus is something I’m working to develop. At the same time, I think this is the way I work best.