Dawn

Seeing the light from behind the clouds in the painting I am sure the time of day was neither dawn or dusk. But this painting surely was the dawn of a new chapter in my life.

This was the first painting I completed after a gap of nearly 10 years. I undertook it as an exercise to gauge how out of touch I was. I remember me doing what could politely be called guesstimation every step of the process, but when I finished the painting I had tears rolling down my eyes.

 As one who strongly believes that effort is the most attractive part of any endeavor and does most things in life with much deliberation I finally understood what it meant to be a vessel.Particularly after the fact that the next two paintings I produced with my usual deliberation turned into indecipherable mushes of paint. It felt as if the first painting ‘happened’ to make me understand that my job was just to lay the groundwork for the muse.The act of making art never stops to perplex and awe me to the same extent as witnessing an act of nature does. I now understand they are one and the same.

Creative Drama

Like for many, my favorite form of procrastination is reading. As much as I imagine myself to be the determined and disciplined artist I have read about, who sits down everyday if not the same time everyday to woo the muse, my reality is quite different.

My process, if I can call it that goes like this...I think (i.e have a vision similar to a day dream) about what I want to create, then how I feel about creating it for the longest time and then how it will look when it is done for about the same time. Then I move on to do image research and procrasti-read some more. I avoid the doing part to the edge of what I can get away with. Then one fine day a dreadful feeling will set in that if I don't draw or paint that day then I wouldn't deserve any inspiration coming to me after that. I will most likely finish the painting which has been sitting for many months on that day in a few hours if I don't let the flow break. I often wonder if this seeming madness can be called a creative rhythm.

I have tried time and again to change this to something logical which I can talk about when I inevitably get asked about my process..being the engineer that I am I so want it to be something which will have science to back it up or simply common sense like practice makes perfect but in vain. When my left brain fails I accept my right brain’s answers which in this case is that my muse is eccentric, well that and I also read somewhere that “the artist creates when the pain of not creating exceeds the pain of creating”. So for now I am taking solace knowing at least one other person out there has the same process as me, I know I didn't put it as eloquently but to whoever out there wondering about their own eccentric process, I am with you. This is my process and it works every single time.

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It all begins with an idea. Maybe you want to launch a business. Maybe you want to turn a hobby into something more. Or maybe you have a creative project to share with the world. Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference.

Don’t worry about sounding professional. Sound like you. There are over 1.5 billion websites out there, but your story is what’s going to separate this one from the rest. If you read the words back and don’t hear your own voice in your head, that’s a good sign you still have more work to do.

Be clear, be confident and don’t overthink it. The beauty of your story is that it’s going to continue to evolve and your site can evolve with it. Your goal should be to make it feel right for right now. Later will take care of itself. It always does.