tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4321733488966306002.post4201630926220261160..comments2023-11-03T00:20:20.490+13:00Comments on JoYce'S *ArT=♥: wondering...Joyce van der Lelyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00570202222101164099noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4321733488966306002.post-20459225862928538342012-03-30T00:55:50.339+13:002012-03-30T00:55:50.339+13:00Yes, it happens to me, and I'm sure it happens...Yes, it happens to me, and I'm sure it happens to every painter. Unless you're painting from an image, you really have no direction except where your brain and creativity takes you. As for "is this painting finished?" Again, that's up to you. Personally I like to have a focal point in my paintings, so your painting above looks like a background to me. A lovely background none the less, lol.smokeysmomhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04207733262311644694noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4321733488966306002.post-44357498817515094232012-03-29T10:03:29.246+13:002012-03-29T10:03:29.246+13:00I agree.....trudge forth and carry on.....make som...I agree.....trudge forth and carry on.....make something out of those whispers that screams with pride :)Cameronhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14435728791853628468noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4321733488966306002.post-49058052408535898332012-03-29T05:04:34.812+13:002012-03-29T05:04:34.812+13:00I can't put it to words any better than Manon ...I can't put it to words any better than Manon did about the unconscious. On getting stuck..I plow through because it is harder for me to return to a painting if I let it sit too long.Lisa Graham https://www.blogger.com/profile/17908986924935514538noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4321733488966306002.post-39214176383329981672012-03-29T00:16:21.965+13:002012-03-29T00:16:21.965+13:00Don't be affraid of your unconscious Joyce if ...Don't be affraid of your unconscious Joyce if you let it just come to the edge of your awareness you can work with it and come to really know you. I have certainly been there and now just let it be. Even though I may not see that work as what I had wanted it is often becomes my best art as it is so pure. If we paint what we plan it is often what we feel is expected from us rather than what we really are. I hope it helps you about feeling stuck if you can bear it go with it. Manon xxmanomijhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12715640427284309283noreply@blogger.com