...after what you were doing becomes undoable??? Isn't that a question we sometimes have ask ourselves?
In my case the answer is - make a doll. But what kind of doll am I in the mood for? Definitely something simple, definitely something fun and definitely something small.
Lots of wasted cardboard, lots of drawing and redrawing. Use of some previously used techniques and materials. Lots of time, which I had happily given myself at the end of the last year. Much more to do -- but now I know what I'm doing!
"All life is an experiment. The more experiments you make the better." - Ralph Waldo Emerson
Working on a new-to-me doll design. Drawing over and over again. Going through three different designs before I found one that pleased me. Working head, shoulders, arms, legs to meet my satisfaction.
Finally a design I can live with - now on to the next steps. Once the basic design is obtained lots of other little decisions crop up. How do I want to attach the arms and legs? Shall I draw the face, stitch the face?
And then the biggest decision of all -- who do I want this doll to be? Am I looking for whimsical, vintage, historical -- what of myself do I want to add to this doll? That part is just now developing in my mind. Hopefully I now have a workable blank canvas on which to express myself.
"Creativity is allowing yourself to make mistakes. Art is knowing which ones to keep." - Scott Adams
