While dressing my loom this morning I did a few things differently. Nothing big or really worth noting but doing them caused me to think about when I taught weaving.
I would tell my students that I was going to teach them my method of putting a warp on the loom. I told them that while there are many approaches to threading the loom it would be best for them to learn one way first.
I emphasized that there was no one 'right' way to dress the loom but suggested learning one way well first and then be open to adapting to suit your own needs and creativity.
So here is another way that weaving can teach. The idea of no one 'right' way cross-pollenates to spiritual searching or cooking or any aspect of life.
You start somewhere. That somewhere is usually what you learned growing up or in class. For some people that satisfies for what they need in this life. I don't want to fault those that find their life recipes and stick with them but for me I love the idea of being open ...to see the path..and the many possibilities along the way.
Tuesday, June 7, 2011
Saturday, June 4, 2011
To Judge or Not to Judge?
Why is it so hard for me to approach my work with an attitude of non-judgement?
Julia Cameron ( The Artist's Way Every Day ) writes:
"As artists, we wish we could always work well, but we must settle for working always. The 'always' we can control. The 'well' we cannot control. For this reason, we do well to simply serve, to focus more on the process of doing our work than on the 'product' of work produced."
This is what I'm trying to do and it's hard for me. I want to judge as I go along. Yet...how can I judge the relative merit of what I make? I can't. I can only make it. I block myself from finishing pieces because I fear making a mistake and perhaps ruining a piece. But how can I know and how can I grow if I don't take risks?
Over the past couple of days I've started pushing on finishing a piece that includes weaving and collage. Progress stalled because I feared going forward. Now it is time....to just....DO....IT...and enjoy the process.
Julia is right....the process...that IS what it's all about.
Pictures coming soon!
Oh...and by the way...the piece I'm working on isn't one of the pieces pictured above.
Julia Cameron ( The Artist's Way Every Day ) writes:
"As artists, we wish we could always work well, but we must settle for working always. The 'always' we can control. The 'well' we cannot control. For this reason, we do well to simply serve, to focus more on the process of doing our work than on the 'product' of work produced."
This is what I'm trying to do and it's hard for me. I want to judge as I go along. Yet...how can I judge the relative merit of what I make? I can't. I can only make it. I block myself from finishing pieces because I fear making a mistake and perhaps ruining a piece. But how can I know and how can I grow if I don't take risks?
Over the past couple of days I've started pushing on finishing a piece that includes weaving and collage. Progress stalled because I feared going forward. Now it is time....to just....DO....IT...and enjoy the process.
Julia is right....the process...that IS what it's all about.
Pictures coming soon!
Oh...and by the way...the piece I'm working on isn't one of the pieces pictured above.
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