Alyice on February 17th, 2008

Art Teaches Us That Mistakes Happen

I’m doing art again and I am loving it! Once I get passed the negative self-talk, it’s rather refreshing and fun. I find that I am enjoying the process and if something doesn’t work out the way I want it to, I can just redo it. I like that. I like the idea of being able to fix my mistakes and I like how it reminds me that not everything is set in stone—that mistakes happen, and changes can be made, and that sometimes, the changes we make because of those mistakes actually makes things turn out better than they would have in the first place.

I am going to try to create something every single day. Whether it’s creating a canvas, painting patterns on paper, altering jars, taking photographs for future projects, crocheting, or scrapbooking, I am going to commit to a minimum of one hour a day to actually “creating” something.

In fact, today I just finished a project for a teenager who lost his dog. I’ll tell you more about that tomorrow when I upload the photo…