Taking Time
As an artist I always felt a need to paint quickly for fear I'd lose the inspiration or the emotion. Coming back to a painting a day later or multiple times because the paint needed to dry was never comfortable. I felt like I would easily slip into my head the idea that I had to "figure out" how to make the painting work instead of just being the conduit for what the painting had to say on its own. One of the hardest things about being in the studio is about getting my mind out of the way.
What I'm starting to realize is that I don't need to apply the kind of working conditions one might when painting a landscape. There is no ever-changing sunlight dance across surfaces, creating new shadows, and altering the colors minute by minute. Even under those conditions the artist has to embrace change because no one can ever capture a moment before the next one has arrived.
Maybe it is time to be more patient -- more trusting. See what's there to see today and believe that there will be something to see tomorrow -- something equally inspiring.
I wonder what tomorrow will bring?