"I'm in the crap tour now
I'm sewing like a cow
I'll never get rich
sewing like this
I'm in the crap tour now"
Pardon my language but, everything I have been making today is crap. I fought it and fought it and now I must give in and let it go.
So... I chopped it up.
I must say it was kinda fun and therapeutic to take scissors and attack my art. It just needed to die. I gave it a warriors death, I let it attack me too. When I threw it all up in the air - it had it's fair chance to attack me. I had thread and batting in my teeth and a black-n-blue eye when it was all said and done.
Ahhh, I feel good now. I recommend this therapy to anybody who finds themselves in the mire.
I must give credit where credit is due - I did not create the "crap tour" my dear friend and amazing dancer Linda did. She has her own "crap tour" - it keeps us laughing instead of crying
6 comments:
I know I have days like this...but I cannot for the life of me imagine any art of yours needing being destroyed. I do hope it at least becomes confetti on another piece one day!!!
dont worry! Your art is amzing! and we all have one of those days...
Hi Lynn,
It probably didn't need to be destroyed, but the process of destroying was so freeing - that is the part that needed to happen. I still smile thinking of the gift of destruction.
You are very brave. This is something that needs to be done once in a while, but it's so hard to do. We create what is so "precious" and then we think we have to live with every creation. I love what you did. I need to do this once in a while. I always try to "save" things and sometimes they're crap and should be thrown away or destroyed. You have given me the fortitude to say... "this is bad I will not keep it because it's not up to my standard." Thank you Terry. I have learned something.
Hi Farmlady,
It was so freeing. Hard to make the first cut, but oh so rewarding - freeing. Still smiling
I laughed as I read this - I have destroyed plenty of art, made by me that sucks!
Glad you enjoyed the therapy, now onward to better things! :)
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