An Amanda Original

I have mentioned this workshop I am taking called The Artists Way. It is helping me to further get in touch with my inner creative, my artist child. This workshop is something I look forward to every single week. I am learning A LOT about myself and it is helping me blossom and grow into an even more amazing woman (Yeah I said it, I am AMAZING!!). One of the assignments is to take yourself on an artist date. Basically an artist date is 1-2 hours of alone time spent nourishing your creative consciousness, your inner artist. Its a time to do something you WANT to do NOT something you think you SHOULD do. Its a time to let your artist child have FUN! I have taken myself on several artists dates, walking around Micheals, going to Sam Flax, spending some time in Spiral Circle/Avalon/Cassadega, going to the beach, just to name a few. Well last Tuesday I decided I wanted to create something. I didn't have anything specific in mind but I decided the medium I wanted to use was painting. All I knew was that I sat down in front of my canvas with happiness in my heart and a smile on my face (see previous post for the reason). I picked colors and just started to paint. I had no idea what was going to be created but I was excited to see what the finished product would look like. Now some may ask "Amanda, why haven't you painted on canvas before?" To all of you wondering here is why. It all comes down to one word . . . perfectionism and fear.(Ok. Ok so that is two words) I have come to realize that I was afraid that if I painted on canvas it "wouldn't be good enough", I would "mess up", or it just wouldn't be "perfect". Then I would have wasted my time and money. Well NOT ANYMORE! Because I AM AN ARTIST! I am no longer afraid of it. I will live by the quote "Don't erase a mistake, make it beautiful"! Everything I create is art. It doesn't matter if anyone else likes it because it is for me and not them! My art is to nourish my inner artist, my creative child and to feed my creative spirit!

"Life Isn't About Finding Yourself, It's About Creating Yourself"