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It’s not just about creativity

May 9, 2021

It is about the person you’re becoming while you’re creating

Painted hands

This year for Mother’s Day I had the privilege of assisting my granddaughter, Ellie, with the art she wanted to create for her mom and Nana.

I showed her how to mask and she showed me her tapping-on-the-wet-brush-splatter technique. She experienced the thrill of reveal when peeling tape from the painted canvas and the satisfaction of signing finished artwork.

We belly laughed about the “I have an idea!” comment I made when we saw the light bulb lamp glowing over her head in a photo.

I have an idea!

The hands-as-flowers are for her mom, and she wanted a bigger canvas so she could glue thousands of them to the surface. Because that’s how much she loves her.

She got to feel what it was like to start a canvas with an intention, make additions, work it into something completely different, play with the colors and use different tools.

Mother’s Day handmade flowers

As she brushed and swirled different colors of paint, the canvas became a sea of shimmery aqua. She painted waves and declared it a gift for Nana, who loves the ocean.

She got to feel that process, finish the piece, and then love it. There was no inner critic present. Only the joy from the experience.

Happy Mother’s Day to all who are celebrating. 

It’s not just about creativity, it is about the person you’re becoming while you’re creating.”

—Charlie Peacock

Day 99/100

Filed Under: Art Projects, Creative Education Tagged With: creative life, the 100 day project

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Bex Hall

Her writing has appeared in various online and print publications, most recently in Kerning, a literary magazine, and in the Stories of Hope Collection in Transplant Living. Her artwork has appeared and sold through the Grayson Gallery. She blogs here about creative life and creates in Studio BE overlooking the Ohio River. Her work in progress is a memoir about the secret life of objects.

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