What’s the point?

As I have been finishing up two weavings that I have made just for me and my family (not to sell), I have continued to ponder the age-old question that all Artists ponder at one point or another, (or for a long time!) …..What’s the point? What’s the point of creating this? Is it to sell, what will happen to this thing I have after I am gone?

In the class that I have taken for the last month or so, “Weaving your story,” this came up a lot for me. Creating a work of Art can be time consuming, and we Artists tend to put our soul into what create, so during this class, which was about weaving my own story abstractly, naturally, the question “What’s the point” entered my mind, and I brought the question to class. One of the quotes my weaving instructor sent to the class was a quote from Andy, the founder of Quora:

“The eventual demise of everything feels like a cosmic punchline, a cruel joke played on our earnest striving. Yet, the end is not the point. We are not building for eternity, but for the experience of building itself.

Think of a sculptor. He knows the marble will crumble, just as his own hands will wither. Yet, the joy isn't reserved for some future observer in a pristine museum. It's in the feel of the stone, the resistance, the slow emergence of form from formlessness. That creation, that struggle, that brief defiance of entropy – that's where meaning lies.

The stars may eventually go dark, but our actions, like ripples in a pond, have an undeniable effect on the present. We can build, love, learn, and leave the world a slightly better place than we found it. Even the act of creation itself is a testament to the human spirit, a refusal to simply surrender to the inevitable.

Is it fleeting? Yes. But is a fleeting sunset any less beautiful for its impermanence? Embrace the impermanence. It's the very reason to create, to love, to act with passion in the face of oblivion. For in the grand theater of existence, our creations are the brushstrokes that paint a fleeting masterpiece.”

I’m sure that I will write on this topic many times, because I don’t doubt that this philosophical question will continue to come up for me as I create, but I am also sure that I am not the only one!

Happy Creating ….There IS a point!

The outskirts of an Art Table!

I recently organized my Art space to make my art table, where I create, a bigger surface. There are several challenges with having a clear “creating area.” One is that as a multi-creator, I often go from one art process to another. This makes it challenging as I use lots of different media in my pieces! Another challenge is what I like to call “the incredible shrinking work space.” Creating for me is such a meditative process, that when I come out of my “art trance,” I find myself with a much smaller space! This will be an ongoing work in progress for me! Anyone else have this issue?

Embrace the Process

I love to create. But often what I create is not for a product that I will be selling, and if it is for a sellable product, the final piece doesn't happen right away! There is a creative process that each artist goes through to discover the Art!

An Artist I follow has such a joyful process that I am bringing it to you so that you can enjoy it as well! My favorite creative process was taught by Laly Mille, whose classes I wholeheartedly recommend! These classes have taught me to embrace the process joyfully!