Thearetical :: Blog » art http://blog.thearetical.com Tue, 02 Mar 2010 01:18:37 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.5 en hourly 1 Find Your Genius http://blog.thearetical.com/2009/05/01/find-your-genius/ http://blog.thearetical.com/2009/05/01/find-your-genius/#comments Fri, 01 May 2009 16:51:15 +0000 Thea http://blog.thearetical.com/?p=186 This talk by Elizabeth Gilbert really spoke to me. As an aspiring artist who wishes I could find and focus my inspiration, I often blame myself for not being productive enough. I wonder what’s wrong with me when I don’t feel that driving and unstoppable need to create, like so many other artists seem to feel. According to Gilbert, maybe the problem is that I haven’t found my genius yet. I have to say…the idea that there is some unknowable spirit out there that helps drive creativity is quite comforting, much like finding religion in the face of death. But at a primal level, it makes a lot of sense to me. The message I took is that rather than blaming myself for not being creative enough, perhaps I have to examine my external genius…and if I can’t see one, then perhaps I need to go out and find one.

Her final words are incredibly inspiring – they speak to me on a very deep level. Well, perhaps you should just watch:

]]> http://blog.thearetical.com/2009/05/01/find-your-genius/feed/ 1 It’s a White Christmas, and I’m Capturing It All http://blog.thearetical.com/2008/12/27/its-a-white-christmas-and-im-capturing-it-on-film/ http://blog.thearetical.com/2008/12/27/its-a-white-christmas-and-im-capturing-it-on-film/#comments Sat, 27 Dec 2008 20:37:17 +0000 Thea http://blog.thearetical.com/?p=81 This has been a fantabulous Christmas. I managed to feel good about my gift-giving extravaganza without going into debt (OK, so I’m broke…but at least I’m not in the negative). Plus, my wonderful husband and mother and father all chipped in to get me a digital SLR camera plus accessories! I hope to relearn all of the photography skills that I have completely forgotten…over time, of course.

In other news, I have no idea what to do with this website. I don’t feel like a blogging type of girl…and yes, I understand the irony after my other post re: microblogging versus blogging. I still think blogging has a place in this world, I’m just not sure if I’m one of those people meant to occupy that place. It’s still hard for me to believe that anyone would be interested in hearing what I have to say…not that what I say has no value, but people in general care more about what it is they want to say.

I wish I could turn this into something productive, maybe even cathartic. But I also have a problem with catharsis appearing in public…I think it should be a private process. Speaking of catharsis, maybe I’ll go out and take more pictures of this winter wonderland…maybe.

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