Posts Tagged ‘portrait’
Thursday, February 11th, 2010
I was in the “zone”, (which is the preoccupation of obsessively creating an image), becoming so strong in my mind’s eye, that I am only freed from the zone by completing the actual work. I worked days, excessively on this image.
I know that I feel exposed when I show any part of the process to anyone outside the zone of my head. I am aware that I am exposed.
I took breaks, but it is the night of another day of obsessing over every little piece of it, adding, subtracting, pacing around the work, only stopping to take nature’s breaks, which can be a nuisance when in the creative zone.
It is only when the image is getting near the final stages that I feel I have revealed my subject or an aspect of them in an honest approach.
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Wednesday, February 10th, 2010
 Usually, I do not show my work in progress, (it is often a muddy or murky process);
But, since I do photograph the progress for my own records, I’m merging my inner work with my outer practice more in 2010. So in trusting my own process, I believe it has to be a sharing process, albeit a scary one!
Currently, I’m working on a portrait of someone, who is so full of love and compassion, “to be of service to others,” her own words, is her soul’s ministry. I’m doing this portrait based on poetry of hers, dreams and symbols that correlates with this individual. I want this portrait to be an expression of her inner self, a snapshot of her inner world and indicator of her spirit. I’ve combined her offerings of self with my vision, feelings and personal expression to create an overall sense of this person.
Whether it is a portrait or not, it is always a process of self discovery. I’ll be doing this over several posts…
Tags: "O", Arches paper, dreamscape, empathic, expression, feelings, Graphite, hypersensitive, Illustration Friday, Indigene, Indigeneart.com, intuitive, journey, muddy, murky, poetry, portrait, sensitive, spirit, Totem, vision
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