Mixed Media with Linocut

Aureate Notions

I've been working away and trying to get enough art together for our print show this fall. (I'll be posting all the details about it later)  One thing I know about myself is that I can't create under pressure.  Many is the time I've tried to make a little birthday card for someone the day of their party.  I should be able to whip up a little card right?  Nope.  The second I start thinking that I have only an hour, or a day, or a week to do something, the creative muses fly away.  I'm not sure why this happens.  Creativity seems to creep in from the side and take over my brain so that there is no room left for practicle thoughts.  I need blocks of time where I don't have to think of anything else.  This sounds a little weird and I know lots of people create wonderful things under pressure.  Maybe if I understood the process better I could too.  But for now, it's a hot summer and the print show is months away, so I can hide in my cool basement studio and let linocutting take over my brain.

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The Lotus Pond

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