http://youtu.be/aYnlpaWWH4E
I simply cannot get enough of Levni Yilmaz's Tales of Mere Existence today! My facebook friend, Cathrine, posted one today and then I was hooked. Thank you, Cathrine!
Though, I must confess, I have probably spent too much time viewing the films on his youtube channel. My goal of cleaning the apartment today is quickly losing time, but at least I am finding myself motivated to do more of my artwork.
Of course, I'm telling myself that I have to accomplish some cleaning first before indulging in some art time. Will there be enough hours in the day today?
So many days are planned like this. I feel as though I need to earn the right to spend some time creating and I think that's faulty thinking. I plan the day with all of the stuff that I don't want to do, but need to do first, and only after all of that is accomplished can I be rewarded with what I really want to do. This is most of the time a lose-lose scenario for motivation. If I do happen to do all of my household chores, by the time I get to have fun I lose all motivation for it. I'm too tired and would rather just read or watch tv. Then I feel a type of anxiety that I wasted the day because I didn't create anything.
Adversely, sometimes I make these grandiose lists and they just sit there, as do I. I think of things to do instead of doing anything on the list. I'll spend too much time on the computer, or looking up cleaning/interior design shows to inspire me, or playing with our cats, or exercising or a combination of all of these plus more, and then get nothing else accomplished for the day. Nothing on the list gets done, and again, my artistic motivation is not acted upon, ending in anxiety that I wasted the day.
This is how I functioned for several days out of the past year. I either did what I needed to do and was left with little motivation/energy for the end of the day to enjoy creating, or it was spent without making the day count for much of anything. This year has not been too bad so far, but I'm scared of this happening again. Now that I see this pattern, perhaps I can stop this phenomenon through a careful plan of attack. What plan of attack have you taken that works for you? How do you balance your time successfully?
Did Picasso do dishes? When did Rauschenberg do his laundry?
I simply cannot get enough of Levni Yilmaz's Tales of Mere Existence today! My facebook friend, Cathrine, posted one today and then I was hooked. Thank you, Cathrine!
Though, I must confess, I have probably spent too much time viewing the films on his youtube channel. My goal of cleaning the apartment today is quickly losing time, but at least I am finding myself motivated to do more of my artwork.
Of course, I'm telling myself that I have to accomplish some cleaning first before indulging in some art time. Will there be enough hours in the day today?
So many days are planned like this. I feel as though I need to earn the right to spend some time creating and I think that's faulty thinking. I plan the day with all of the stuff that I don't want to do, but need to do first, and only after all of that is accomplished can I be rewarded with what I really want to do. This is most of the time a lose-lose scenario for motivation. If I do happen to do all of my household chores, by the time I get to have fun I lose all motivation for it. I'm too tired and would rather just read or watch tv. Then I feel a type of anxiety that I wasted the day because I didn't create anything.
Adversely, sometimes I make these grandiose lists and they just sit there, as do I. I think of things to do instead of doing anything on the list. I'll spend too much time on the computer, or looking up cleaning/interior design shows to inspire me, or playing with our cats, or exercising or a combination of all of these plus more, and then get nothing else accomplished for the day. Nothing on the list gets done, and again, my artistic motivation is not acted upon, ending in anxiety that I wasted the day.
This is how I functioned for several days out of the past year. I either did what I needed to do and was left with little motivation/energy for the end of the day to enjoy creating, or it was spent without making the day count for much of anything. This year has not been too bad so far, but I'm scared of this happening again. Now that I see this pattern, perhaps I can stop this phenomenon through a careful plan of attack. What plan of attack have you taken that works for you? How do you balance your time successfully?
Did Picasso do dishes? When did Rauschenberg do his laundry?
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