Thursday, January 26, 2012

Stay with it...

I spent most of yesterday experimenting, but the results were NOT particularly satisfying.  I get that I'm supposed to be learning from my mistakes, but all I seem to be getting from this is that this is a rather unproductive road I'm going down: I can't quite seem to cross the bridge between where I am and where I want to go...

Funny, isn't it, how the creative life so often parallels regular everyday life!  But if I just assume that's true, then the lessons from one should carry over into the other.  Which means, I suspect, that I can't give up yet; can't walk away, must keep knocking at this door.  Something is here to be learned, and I just have to stay present with the struggle til I find out what it is.

Grr.  So much easier to cut and run; go back to what's safe...

4 comments:

Joyce Wycoff said...

Just got a chance to catch up with this new series and I think it's brilliant! It's breaking boundaries, using space in new ways. It's inspiring me to think in new ways so I hope you keep going.

Diane Walker said...

Ah, Joyce, bless you! I am so grateful to have you beside me on this journey!

Louise Gallagher said...

I too think this series is breath-taking and boundary breaking.

You inspire me!

Diane Walker said...

Thanks Louise! I so appreciate you guys: today's efforts were REALLY frustrating... you inspire ME -- to keep pushing through!