The Blank Canvas

Oh, my picture this.  Last weekend my sisters and some of our children had a session in the art studio with a great artist and creative mentor called Renae Carmody.  She is a beautiful artist and person as well.  One of those great people with loads of positive energy.

Yes, I knew it was coming up and it was to be fun, we had champers and sandwiches and a beautiful lemon / yoghurt Birthday Cake topped with frosted icing made by yours truly.  It was a celebration for my nieces 19th birthday.  Now, I want to share with you how incredibly confronting it is to look at a blank canvass and know that you alone are responsible for what is going to go on it. I can still hear Renae saying "just let your creative juices flow".  And the self talk parrot in me sqaurking back with "what if you haven't got any?"

Once started all went well and I had an idea and went for it.

And now, upon reflection for me it was just like creating / planning your life direction.  How amazing to think that we all have the same blank life canvass and we alone are responsible for creating our own life journeys.  Regardless of our backgrounds and what gifts we are granted (and we are granted with many) creating a painting is so like creating a life direction.  If you haven't tried it, I highly recommend it.  I feel much more empowered to be the artist of my life now....

The blank canvass and me!


At Work in the Studio

My Masterpiece entitled The Journey of Life