I can't believe it's been five weeks, since I've blogged! No excuses, but I've been working hard in the studio! I am working in a mentorship program with Michele Theberge, which is changing how I work in the studio and increasing my accountability for creating and growing my mentors and support group. It's intense and I'm so worth doing this for myself as an artist. Here's some of the work, I've created... I've been experimenting with my style of portrait making. I've been wanting my portraits to be more 3-D, because of the art journaling I've been doing! I'm trying to find a way to incorporate the three dimensional aspect of my art ... Continue Reading »
Studio Time
The Sight of Me…
Art journaling really helps you to look inward. For me, it operates as a visual diary of thoughts, ideas, issues, personal junk and humor. One recurring theme with me is I love creating portraits of women, archetypes, goddesses and mythical women, in general. What I don't do and realized I don't like is self-portraits or photos of myself. I never have! In looking through my Mom's old photos, I realized that there are probably 20 photos of me from childhood until now! I was always camera-shy and really hated it, when there was a family photo-shoot. (I probably get this from my Mom's side of the family, they weren't very keen on picture-taking ... Continue Reading »
Art Journaling
It's been a while, since I blogged. I've been very busy, family, friends, relationships, struggles, decisions, you know all the things that we do to keep living...fully! I was working on my "Grandmother Elder Series" and I hit a block, not a mortar block, but a creative one, so I had to take it to my journal, to process it! I've been journaling since my teens, and incorporating my art in my journals since about 2003/4. It's where I go to talk to myself. So after weeks of being in the journal, I'm ready to go back to working on my series. What I realized is during this time is that, although I'm creatively blocked at times, I always create ... Continue Reading »
Vocal on Courage
Every year I set an intention on some inner work that needs to be done in my life. My word this year is Courage. I've created an art journal to reinforce my the impact of this word in my life and to capture my visualizations of my thoughts on Courage. It would appear, that since I've set this as my intention, there are many challenges calling me to actively live this word! Sometimes, this word calls me to respond quickly; sometimes physically and at times vocally. Other times it calls me to do the most simplest of things; yet, it is something that is the hardest to vocalize out loud. So I do what is the least vocal on the outside for me, ... Continue Reading »
Return to Immediate Gratification
For my instant creative gratification meter, I need quick and fast satisfaction. I attribute my immediacies to my American upbringing...Lol! I journal daily and it takes a lot less time to create something in my journal than it does to create something large (which my art tends to be). I can go to my journal, doodle, sketch, collage and write, to create a page and voila! It's therapeutic, immediate and I don't need retail therapy! Have an amazing weekend as we all go forth courageously in a world where good things are always possible. In peace to you and yours. ©2012 Indigene Theresa Gaskin - 2012 Courage Journal-Mixed Media Collage - Pg. ... Continue Reading »
Blog Intention
First, on the art front, I've been featured in the Arts and Aesthetics Collective Magazine: http://issuu.com/aestheticsmagazine/docs/insignetribus/59 (pages 41 - 56) Now for other stuff...I have been stretched to the limits in many areas of life, I can't believe it's been a month, since I last posted! I like my blogging time to be meaningful; not just putting in one liners out there in social media. Please, don't get me wrong, I love chatting with my friends on Facebook/Twitter, but I'm finding that it takes away from my time here and that's not my intention. Maintaining social media sites, takes a lot of time and effort, in an already ... Continue Reading »
Moving Forward…
January has been a month of digging, in the tough and challenging consciousness. Ever since I chose the word "courage" as my word for the year, I've been battling some big fears and learning to trust my intuitive voice completely. It's the same fears, I battle when the darkness of winter comes...am I strong enough, confident enough, financially secure, smart enough, helpful enough, generous enough, doing enough...? My rituals and spirituality keep me nurtured. My family keeps me cocooned, safe and loved. As always in the dark nights of the soul, the light comes through, reminding me that there is balance and that fears will always be there, ... Continue Reading »
