tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20380818.post5882615967224952122..comments2024-01-13T04:45:08.762+00:00Comments on artmixter: Overspill...artmixterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06088499758960154464noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20380818.post-88936529901802952372009-04-06T17:53:00.000+00:002009-04-06T17:53:00.000+00:00I practice all those things in your list, with the...I practice all those things in your list, with the exception of about 3 of them. Not only am I overrun with supplies, but I keep telling myself I have to FOCUS if I'm going to get really good at one or two of them. When it's time to give some up, though, I can't make myself do it! Major dilemma.Michele/TextileTravelerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13358754619610633763noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20380818.post-15142937450270094272009-04-06T15:18:00.000+00:002009-04-06T15:18:00.000+00:00Playing with new things is a great way to avoid ma...Playing with new things is a great way to avoid making art or doing anything difficult! And I'm sure that buying more and different stuff becomes a way of NOT building up skills. Also a form of creative self-aggrandisment? But then again, learning to print and draw does not mean I spend less, unfortunately ...Sandra Wymanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04513871393590385611noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20380818.post-7873065841988126552009-04-06T15:15:00.000+00:002009-04-06T15:15:00.000+00:00I really enjoyed reading this excerpt from your bo...I really enjoyed reading this excerpt from your book, Marion. Hope you will post more "teasers" in the future! About that shopping...sometimes the efforts of that shopping get buried afterward (for years). Finding them again is like opening a Christmas gift!Judy Nolanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07405861781735927423noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20380818.post-61203576849847000092009-04-06T14:29:00.000+00:002009-04-06T14:29:00.000+00:00Now all I have to do is offer more courses so I to...Now all I have to do is offer more courses so I too have an excuse for all my art materials, lol<BR/>Nic xNicolahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02212485814791103894noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20380818.post-77123117874801216312009-04-06T13:32:00.000+00:002009-04-06T13:32:00.000+00:00Sigh, welcome to my world. Now, I don't do nearly...Sigh, welcome to my world. Now, I don't do nearly as much in the creative way as you do, but I find that I am being buried under supplies for the various things that I do. Great post and thanks for sharing.Lesliehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12714753292365105622noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20380818.post-26101408747286386412009-04-06T13:01:00.000+00:002009-04-06T13:01:00.000+00:00Marion, I totally agree. I think having too much ...Marion, I totally agree. I think having too much stuff and as a result too much clutter can mess with the creative process. Great post.Chaunceyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05780027944778838686noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20380818.post-15649846327728018982009-04-06T12:43:00.000+00:002009-04-06T12:43:00.000+00:00I have found that when I go on buying sprees (and ...I have found that when I go on buying sprees (and truly, I try to keep them under some control!) it is to mask something else. I am depressed/unhappy/mad, etc etc.<BR/>Surrounding oneself with supplies is, I guess, for artists, like comfort food. It's all there, it's fun to look at, it's interesting and new, it diverts the attention.......and a lot of times it is just money out the window.<BR/>I've often considered trying to make myself take cash and flush it down the toilet---because that is, in essence, what I do! I can mentally equate it with that, but cannot do the first, yet am quite good at bringing home art supply crap.<BR/>----sigh----<BR/>Endless cycle, eh? ;)Anne Huskey-Lockardhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01642632328404951486noreply@blogger.com