Tuesday, October 23, 2012

scattered....and struggling!

i have picked up a little part time job helping people purge their homes...i love doing it but i have found there is a side effect.  my clients are emotionally attached to their 'stuff' and it is very hard for them to sort through the material belongings that they have collected...both physically and emotionally...the side effect is that i am coming home scattered!  i am having trouble getting centered in the rest of my day...i never even considered how i would react to their attachments!  it is so interesting...
and as if that is not enough...i am totally doubting my own skills as a teacher!  as you know i am guiding some teens through mixed media...i had one 'home schooling' mom tell me that she wanted her daughter to learn 'fine art' skills in the class...fine art skills?  i am a 'winging it' kind of girl...i do not have fine art skills....that is what kept me as a shadow artist for most of my life...NO fine art skills....NO artist!
so here is the next project that i am guiding them through...this is take 'one'...i will create take 'two' tonight...there are some changes that i want to make..but over all...i am pretty darned happy with this piece...fine art or not!  
                                              I cannot go to school...I am not done flying!

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  1. "Fine art"....hmmm...like oil paintings of medieval queens? You are about spontenaity, not formality, so perhaps this parent will not be happy.

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    1. thank you chris for your loving words....i guess i am there to make a difference in the students life...not the parent's life...right? i do see her having fun....yipppeeee!

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  3. "Fine art"....hmmm...like oil paintings of medieval queens? You are about spontenaity, not formality, so perhaps this parent will not be happy.

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  4. Art and artist are both extremely broad terms because humanity is, well, extremely broad. You create thoughtful visual expressions and share what you have learned with others...that makes you an artist and a teacher! My dad is an untrained artist who has been working professionally for 35 years...and their are plenty of people who dont' care for his work because it isn't what interests them. And that's ok. It's ok for everyone not to be interested in what you do, too! It doesn't mean you are less. It only means, well, humanity is broad. ;)

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    1. thank you for the support...and the reminder that not everyone likes everything....ahhhhh....that is the painful magic!
      i am going to continue taking my essence to class....

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  5. Mixed media to me is FUN art. Much more important that just being "fine" art. You are an excellent teacher because you share your enthusiasm and make it fun. Are the other students happy with what they are learning? Are they seeing that art can be fun? Did you ask the mom what exactly she means when she says "fine art skills"? I may not be a teenager (snort) but I love having you as my teacher!!! You have opened up a whole new, magical, wonderful world for me. Don't doubt yourself......BELIEVE I know I believe in you :) Donna

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    1. donna my love....my goals are to create a fun environment for these students to learn and explore the techniques i can share....and the clown nose i going to wear will not hurt!
      i am loving you

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  6. Love - you are an amazing teacher. It is hard teaching crazies when they themselves are not prepared to learn or let go. On a side note, I wish I could set fire to the words "fine art". That does not make someone an artist. Your skills are quite fine indeed, in fact they are refined, mature, thoughtful and enlightening.

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    1. i am going to continue on the path of creativity with these teens...whether they like it or not....tee hee!!!

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