We are curious and seek to explore our interests and the world. Painting, Pottery, Sculpture, Felt, Mixed-Media, other Visual and Performing Arts,Creative Writing and Documentary Video.
There is a website Zen Habits that is dedicated to changing habits. In the article "29 ways to successfully ingrain a behavior" they have the simple steps of habit change: 1. Write down your plan. 2. Identify your new routine. 3. Focus on doing the new behaviors every day for about 30 days. And some great quotes. "We are what we repeatedly do. Excellence, then, is not an act, but a habit." which is attributed to Aristotle. Advice is keep it simple, one behavior at a time and do a 30 day challenge.
With the blog I gave myself a 30 day challenge that started 12/31/11 to do an entry a day. I did 30 days and I'm into the second 30 days. Okay so I feel strong. Next comes a routine for creative writing. There is a ton of advise on the web. It comes down to building in the time, the motivation and doing it. This is my write it down part, not a plan, but saying it out loud.
Out in the studio as I trimmed through the bottom of a bowl, I started thinking about fused glass. Bottomless bowls can be great glass molds. Then I went to Writing Without Paper blog and, as usual, found inspiration in both video and glass.
Videographer Karen Rodriguez in 2009 produced a video for Corning Museum of Glass introduces Artist-In-Residency glass sculptor Mielle Riggie. She explains the technique of cast-glass sculpture and gives a wonderful insight into her creative process.
Mielle Riggie works with both the strength and fragility of glass to
illustrate the dynamics of human emotion or conditions. In her residency
at The Studio, Riggie created cast-glass sculpture amplifying elements
in nature, such as leaves or roots, and recombined disparate parts in
ways that exaggerated the tension and balance of humans with their
surroundings.
In 2010 Riggie had an exhibition at the Winston Wachter Fine Art in Seattle which provides some dramatic images of her sculptures. It is worth a visit.
We do these artist interviews videos. Karen Rodriquez's video does a great job of presenting an artist as they talk about how they work.
