Katie Jeanne Wood
Blue gouache mixed media portrait painting
WIP
Calm Abiding
This portrait is available to purchase here.
Today I’m sharing something I read on Monday Monday written by Marlee Grace
“I find that now more than ever the effort it takes to begin anything is completely daunting and insurmountable. We ask ourselves the question – why would we invent a class, launch a product, promote ourselves, and share our wins with a relentless genocide happening, mass shootings at every turn, death at every corner, confusion and pain in our personal lives? When is the right time?”
“The answer is now – now more than ever we must continue to create. We must continue to make art. To make art in these times is what the artist does. We do not shrink, we do not hide. We weave in our values and our politics into the work. We weave in our voice and actions into the paintings, into the chores, into the dog walks, into the new podcasts and the book you’re promoting and the class you’re teaching.”
Beautifully said. I hope you create something today. xo
Creativity. It takes us out of our thinking brain and puts us right into this exact moment.
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