Left-Brained Stress
It seems all I am getting done these days are quick sketches. I have to say it doesn’t feel all that good as I am still inundated with left-brained activities. My current focus is for this all to stop as we (in the northern hemisphere) head into the autumn months. I am so ready to get back into the studio to play. In the meantime, I continue with the sketchbook work and hope that will bring some wonderful inspiration. I can say it gives a bit of relief to the uncomfortable linear tasks I have been dealing with – maybe it is the reason for the curves 
. I hope all is well where you are and creativity time is easy to come by.
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Boy can I related to this. It must be something in the stars, for me at least. After months of avoiding any number of left brained things I knew I should do, I am plunging in and doing them. One on top of the other. It feels almost overwhelming and yet they must be tended to. I have been in a fugue state for a year and a half and now must come out and face the world. although once these things are done they willl be set in place for a time anywya.
Good luck to you. Muscle shells? Oh I just received Persist and am reading it now. Thanks.
Oh Suki, I am so sorry you are dealing with this same kind of thing. I honestly think if I have to do one more left brained task I just might go mad. Like you, I thought okay, I will just jump right in here and get these things done and out of my way, but it seems as though the more I did the more I had to do. I believe you and I are similar in that if we could do these things in our own way it would be easier on us, but there is structure which we kind of balk at and doesn’t feel right for us. That stuff adds stress. I suppose the same is true for left brained types trying to work in our world, but they rarely (if ever) have to do that. Don’t you think it seems we are always having to work within left brained parameters to get things accomplished outside our own sphere? Always! Well, I do hope these things are fast moving for you and don’t present any glitches along the way. I hope you can get them taken care of quickly and get it all over with.
Thank you, my friend. I am asking for some help around here to get these things out of the way. Ah, maybe mussel shells…they are kind of like that, aren’t they? I am glad you have Persist to read. I hope you enjoy it. I really loved that book and plan on picking it up again soon. Right now I am on another one, The Zen of Creativity by John Daido Loori. It is also very good and you might like it, if you haven’t read it already.
Thanks Suki and go peacefully into that left brained madness!
I like this one Kim…. Equilibre… Univers…Atmosphère…
Merci, Francois! Je suis malheureusement pas en studio très récents, mais j’espère que bientôt changer. Mes excuses pour mon mauvais français.
This is one of the reasons I love autumn and winter. Here in Taos, New Mexico the mornings are crisp with gentle warm breezes spreading the aroma of roasted chilies in the air. To me it spells “slow down” and I look forward to this feeling.
Hang in there girl…..time is on our side!
Oh Gwen, I love the west for just that reason. It can be quite warm in the day, but you know the nights will cool off. There is a great deal of respite in that. To smell the chilies roasting and have those crisp mornings sounds wonderful. My son is in school in Vermont and he tells me the day temps have not gotten above 65 (now that is with humidity that you lack), but it sounds so good to me. There is a lot of relaxation in having it cool, too. I also look forward to the slowness which is so healthy, too. You are right, Gwen, time is on our side, and I appreciate you reminding me! It feels good just having my friends to remind me of what is important.
Hi Kim, I love the composition and oh, I see so many things in here. It’s very much floating, without gravity. Oh those things we have to deal with, materialistic world is like a clamp. (had to search for this word in the dictionnary:) There’s the feeling, when it gets too much, that we cannot escape those tasks, and that the more we do the more there are. It’s so good to know there is meditation, painting, doodling, walking, contemplating, keeping us safe and sane and healthy in between of all this madness:) Have a wonderful Sunday, love, Andrea
Thank you, Andrea! Ah, I had not honestly given this doodling much thought, but you bring some good thoughts to my mind about it. I like the idea of the floating. Mmmm, it makes me think here.
Oh, you are right it is like a clamp – it does not allow me freedom to be myself and that feels so bad. Your dictionary search provided you with a good word for this issue. That is exactly the way it has felt for me – the more I have to do, the more there is to do. Oh, how I hate that. Thankfully, the meditation and doodling has gotten me through to this point, so I will work to continue with that until I can make some headway to the studio where I hope to loose myself in some things. I have a feeling, though, it will take some time for me to get there with it all. Thank you for helping me think through some of this and make it all more reasonable in my very right brained head.
You have a wonderful Sunday, too, in beautiful Paris!
Beautifully done! love it! Have a lovely day !
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Thank you so much, Sabi! Thank you so much for stopping by. You, also, have a beautiful day!
Hi Kim, how are you? I can really relate to how your life just gets in the way of the creative flow. It is something we will always have to live with and work around. I have been “in my cave” for the past few months, I seem to need to retreat into myself and my thoughts and be still for a while. I am just poking my nose out and smelling the wind!
Love Dianne x
Hello Dianne! It is great to hear from you. It is so interesting because I just thought I need to connect with Dianne again and here you are. I hope all is well and it has just been bits and pieces which have gotten in your path…nothing major, anyway. I think artists give so much of themselves and then they have to retreat in order to gather the energy again. I am glad you poked your nose in this direction and hope all is well in your part of the world. Hugs to you, my friend.