As i crotchet back and forth and back and forth repeatedly, i've learned that each knot is part of the journey, each row is one task completed and each color is a phase through which i am getting closer to my goals. As i move from fall (orange color) into winter (blue color) i find myself going inward and starting a new. I have been focused on my inner self and processing through school. I have broken down, hibernated and rebuilt myself to better support what is to come. Spring (green) is what is arising and with this beginning a new part of my journey, i am stuck here....going back and forth, back and forth. I am at a place ready to bloom, changing my colors and preparing for new things to arise. As my education and experience at jfku is coming to an end, i am unsure of what my next steps are. I fear summers arrival and im stuck in spring wanting to bloom but failing to get enough rain and sunshine necessary. I am scared that i am not prepared, that i am not good enough, that i am not ready and that i will disappoint everyone, even myself. What i've learned recently is that i need to ask for help and that everything i need is only questions away. I have to take risk to help prepare myself for whats to come and that much of whats to come, is unknown. It is ok to stay in spring for the rain and sunshine to come, because it will, i will be ready to bloom with time and motivation, it will happen. What i cannot do is avoid the sunshine and rain in fear of blooming, i will only resort back to fall and winter and restart this part of my journey. I am waiting for the rain and sunshine, my leaves are open and im reaching for help and guidance. I may be traveling back and forth and back and forth, but im gaining my rain and sunshine one row at a time..... my colors begin to show row by row. Im taking the steps necessary to get the experience i need. I am not executing enough of these steps and i must push myself, i must take the risk to reach summer.
Coloring With Yarn
Tuesday, February 28, 2012
Tuesday, January 24, 2012
Passion and Values
I have begun to do what is right for me. What pleases myself and not what others want to see. I value the opinions of others, but the only one that truly count is being true to myself. My passion is art and to continue to fully develop as an artist i must speak from the heart and fully express myself and who i am. Some may say that crocheting is a craft and not an art, but from my perspective it is a beautiful art form, a form of meditation. I am speaking from the heart, the red representing what is undeniable, although i tend to relapses and need approval, the tan is representing this experience, and with the multicolored yarn representing the acknowledgment of being who i really am. The piece is still a work in progress and i will relapse to trying to impress everyone else, but i know that in the end i will successfully be true to myself and show my colors.
Sunday, January 22, 2012
Tuesday, January 17, 2012
http://video.ted.com/talk/podcast/2011/None/AaronKoblin_2011.mp4
Aaron Koblin, an amazing artist acknowledging the things many people tend to over look. Please take the time to watch. Enjoy!
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