The pain of the obsession leaving you in contrast with the indifference you may now feel toward something that had once been so engaging...I don’t know if I have ever heard someone talk about that phenomenon before. Thank you for sharing Helen. Also - your art lingers in my mind...
Haha, yes that thread got unwieldy! I think that was my 1st Writers Hour, takes some getting used to navigating but it’s fun to see what others are up to and learn from each other.
I could see your work being used in science illustration for a lot of sustainability/transition/transformation research, it captures abstract ideas and patterns really well.
“How do you tell people that the thing you have been pursuing with such intensity for years now means very little to you?” How indeed? It feels like I’ve failed them and myself. And while I haven’t completely given up on my last obsession, letting it remain in the background ... I have one painting on the “easel” that is not done but I’m not feeling moved toward finishing it. I have “next move” thoughts but don’t do them. Am I making it mean too much? Am I being prodded to try something different on the canvas? Or is my latest obsession of The Môrdreigiau Chronicles meaning a total abandonment of the canvas? Currently, maybe. I might just need a little space before I can come back in some new artistic way and now is merely the drive to get the novel done so I can start serializing it here.
I sometimes tell myself that others don't care as much about all this as we think they do! I find my own life is much more fun the more I sink to my current obsessions and stop worrying about forcing myself to do the things that the last iteration of myself 'had' to do.
I just have to stop worrying about the people who think badly of me because am a weirdo (simple but not easy!).
The pain of the obsession leaving you in contrast with the indifference you may now feel toward something that had once been so engaging...I don’t know if I have ever heard someone talk about that phenomenon before. Thank you for sharing Helen. Also - your art lingers in my mind...
It’s something that’s quite hard to explain!
Love your art style!
Thanks Kimberly - and I tried to thank you for your response on Writers Hour but the chain of comments is SO long! so thank you here :)
Haha, yes that thread got unwieldy! I think that was my 1st Writers Hour, takes some getting used to navigating but it’s fun to see what others are up to and learn from each other.
I could see your work being used in science illustration for a lot of sustainability/transition/transformation research, it captures abstract ideas and patterns really well.
Also, if you wanted to use any of the images for the good of the planet, I would be happy to gift a license to use
Oh that’s super kind, thank you!! I’ll see if I can find work that would do it justice :)
I live in a different time zine (New Zealand) so I can never get to the writes Hour live, I’m a bit jealous
“How do you tell people that the thing you have been pursuing with such intensity for years now means very little to you?” How indeed? It feels like I’ve failed them and myself. And while I haven’t completely given up on my last obsession, letting it remain in the background ... I have one painting on the “easel” that is not done but I’m not feeling moved toward finishing it. I have “next move” thoughts but don’t do them. Am I making it mean too much? Am I being prodded to try something different on the canvas? Or is my latest obsession of The Môrdreigiau Chronicles meaning a total abandonment of the canvas? Currently, maybe. I might just need a little space before I can come back in some new artistic way and now is merely the drive to get the novel done so I can start serializing it here.
I sometimes tell myself that others don't care as much about all this as we think they do! I find my own life is much more fun the more I sink to my current obsessions and stop worrying about forcing myself to do the things that the last iteration of myself 'had' to do.
I just have to stop worrying about the people who think badly of me because am a weirdo (simple but not easy!).
Yes!
I really enjoyed reading your thoughts, hearing about the process as the process changes. Beautiful drawings
Thank you!