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  • Carol M

    Passion for Creating

    What is your passion when creating? What do you Love to create? Why do you love to create it? What motivates your muse?
    Hugs and Namaste,
    Carol (artmusedog)
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  • aimless55303

    aimless55303 

    I find I am most inspired when making things for others as gifts, or RAK's. It makes me happy to imagine how they will feel when they get the item, and to add little details I know they will enjoy and appreciate :)
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    • Carol M

      Carol M 

      It is so nice when we know who we are creating for ~ giving of ourselves with out creation is an extra special delight. You might like to read my blog about "creating" ~ or not http://artmusedog.blogspot.com
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  • Kate M

    Kate M (edited)

    My passion is: I just feel like making something! I love to create lots of things. I like cleaning out recycled cigarette boxes from an adult I know and decorating them! I don't know why I like to create things. I guess it's just an idea in my head that I want to take advantage of before I forget about it.
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    • Carol M

      Carol M 

      Great to read your message about "I love to create lots of things]" Your pic looks very young ~ and that is a gift ~ you have a whole life ahead of you and I hope you will always be creating ~ Hugs & namaste, Carol M
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  • Cindy / Coffeelatte

    Cindy / Coffeelatte 

    When I am creative I feel like I'm taken outside my everyday life. It's almost like time stops for a while. I feel energized and re-charged.

    Right now, I enjoy creating small pieces -- art cards, altered book pages, dolls and shrines. I used to attempt bigger projects and sometimes my enthusiasm waned before I'd get done.

    My longest love has been drawing, painting & collage. I've decided this past year I am not as good a seamstress as I used to be and focus my time now more on paper arts and assemblage.

    I am inspired and motivated by many things. I love to use vintage/thrifted/salvaged elements and those often inspire what I make. My current drawing style is definitely inspired by cartoons and comic books --I've had a passion for them for most of my life.

    My "create something" switch gets turned on when my mind's eye sees a relationship between a couple items -- like a book page and some old lace, or a pretty bead next to a feather. Sometimes I just sit and doodle, and those doodles expand into something more significant. I love to give art as a gift to a friend, and it's extra special when I know the elements I am using will please them.
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    • Carol M

      Carol M 

      Your creating style sounds very similiar to mine ~ I tend to like results rather than one long term project ~ I just finished a monotype workshop that has me interested right now & it is wide open to creativity & you can make small to medium pieces rather quickly ~ can use watercolor, wc crayons, pencils, water soluable oils & copy one of your drawings or stamp into it ~ on and on ~ So that is my latest adventure ~
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  • Carol M

    Carol M 

    I agree ~ with so much everyone has said ~ It is necessary for my soul for me to create & am trying to get more focused with monoprints, needlefelting and paper collaging & ( as a night time relaxor, knitting) I just love to create & have more "stash" and some creations have sold but I like your idea of creating for friends and family & how good it feels to make them a gift ~

    Doodling I need to do more of ~ I was doing that for awhile and lots of creations came out of that ~ Now, that I am more settled into the house I bought ~ I will get back to the creating I was doing ~ otherwise at times I get "bitchy" ~ Yuk! Not good for me or my pets or anyone around me ~ Create! Create! Create ~ beauteous things!

    Namaste

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  • Tina E

    Tina E 

    HI everyone~ I like doing arts and crafts, Knitting and Crocheting. It is relaxing and interesting to see how it turns out. And a handmade gift is the best I think, because you have put your heart into it. And I think it is a more personal gift than a store bought.

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  • Carol M

    Carol M 

    Tina ~ I agree ~ spent a fair amount of time knitting this season & have learned how to knit little & big roses that I can use to decorate a scarf or hat and particularly lately, I have had the cold/flu & not feeling well but the knitting has kept me creating ~ also, I am learning to weave on a lap loom ~ fun!

    Also ~ am reading Knit Two by the author of the Friday Night Knitting Club ~ readiing it on my "amazon kindle" ~ saving space, paper, ink & books are cheaper ~ despite feeling "under the weather" have managed to keep busy ~

    You are right personal handmade gifts are always better than store bought ~

    Namaste,
    Carol

    posted 11 months ago. ( reply )
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