{"id":569,"date":"2010-04-30T12:08:50","date_gmt":"2010-04-30T19:08:50","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.beanleafpress.com\/?p=569"},"modified":"2010-04-30T12:26:54","modified_gmt":"2010-04-30T19:26:54","slug":"finding-inspiration","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/localhost:821\/finding-inspiration\/","title":{"rendered":"Finding inspiration…."},"content":{"rendered":"

As I finish up issue 5 (yes there are 5 issue out http:\/\/www.beanleafpress.com\/store\/)<\/a> I find myself having a few weeks to draw for me. It does not happen often and yet it is probably when some of best pieces in my opinion come to life.<\/p>\n

Usually I end up in lull, a few weeks of pure misery, with no desire to create what-so-ever. A very rough and dreary feeling no doubt and one felt by other artist who spend weeks on a creative high and then slammed by the awful dull feeling of nothing. It was once explained to me that you are giving your brain and heart a moment to rest.<\/p>\n

I believe that- you need to recharge, yet I think you can recharge and still utilize that incredible piece of machinery you have locked up inside your noggin.<\/p>\n

For me it is the incredible pow\"\"<\/a>er of the sketch. As I find a moment for me, I do small quick inks. More as a practice to perfect my craft than anything else. I do many subjects as well, and do not stick with just one. I pull and push myself in a manner that when I get back into the artistic madness of bean, I am ready for it, with a few new tricks up my sleeve.<\/p>\n

I make sure that I do not in anyway start a new series, I do not want to sap energy from the story I am already working on, so for the most part my little sketches stay just that. Little sketches, ok little inks.<\/p>\n

Plus, take the time to become inspired again. Inspiration is an incredible gift that must be found. It is not freely given, it is more like a treasure hunt, that once you find it, you hold on to it and cherish it.<\/p>\n

My hunt for inspiration comes from many sources. Music, life around me, my children, passions of life and many times emotion. I look for ways to make the ordinary fantastic and different. I look at fotos and especially other artist. I put my ideas in books that I can go back to at a later date. It is how I am able to make the lull shorter and not burn my self out in the long run.<\/p>\n

To claim to not be inspired, only means you are not looking to be. You are not exploring what life has to offer. You are letting a negative emotion of doubt completely control you. Maybe it’s time to shake that off and start looking to be inspired again. You never know you might just find it.<\/p>\n

So keep drawing, keep creating and keep living
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