I have a confession to make--my name is Molly and I'm afraid of making anything ugly. Though I am grateful for the art school experience that has trained my hands to edit, Edit and re-edit until a piece is nothing more than pulp--it has instilled a fear in me. I have recently found myself unable to doodle on napkins or grocery lists, because the results may be less than stellar, the variation of line quality shotty or the proportions imperfect .
My academic art making is very systematic: idea hatch, mind map, sketch, re-sketch, research, re-re-sketch, more research, take reference photos, scrutinize visual resources, plot, grid, execute. I've reached a standstill in which without the preparatory pomp, I am paralyzed and can't pick up a pen and go!
This silliness can not stand. In order to rectify it, I have decided to take some time to unlearn.
I am UnDrawing.
I'm art journaling in a found book with the intent of working intuitively aka Willynilly! I will not wrack my brains over composition or realistic representations of depth or traditional western space or art historical references or blabbity blah blah BLAH. If it's ucky--that's too damn bad! I'm remembering how much I like Making. Sharpies and magazine bits make Molly a happy human. I plan on filling every one of the 280 pages with UnDrawings...
...Very Merry UnDrawings. :)
Until Next Time--
Much Joy and Merry Making!
Much Joy and Merry Making!
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