I wish I had a story to tell. I can sit a draw repetitive lines for hours (that tree over there took days), but I can't sort my thoughts to make sense of anything. I can't help but wonder if something is wrong with me for spending so much time on little lines and not …
Month: September 2009
“I’m locked up in the witch’s castle!”
Okay, I'm not really locked up in the witch's castle (unless by witch's castle you mean my own insecurity). And ever since reading Gregory Maguire's Wicked my image of the Wicked Witch of the West has changed. (if you have seen the musical but not read the book--go read the book!) But that is not …
Art Every Day (Another Way to Be Crazy)
One of my favorite artist friends asked me if I'd do Art Every Day again this year. Sure! But this is all I could manage the last couple of days--little sketchy bunnies. If you are one of those souls sending art or stories out into the world, how do you organize things? How do you …
Go back to bed.
What compels some people to take on project after project, follow idea after idea, until surely they will go mad or collapse? Are you someone who takes on a project, finishes it, and then goes to the next thing? Or are you filled with notions, thoughts, and images that distract from one to the next …
Marta Bacon 