How to live a creative life? Just begin.
Just a doodle can lead you down a path of exploration to more fun, more creative expression.
How many paintings do you plan to make this year? Or do you even have an amount?
When you have an ailment that hinders what you love to do (my ailment is arthritis) you become thankful for every moment that you are pain-free.
I'm just happy to be creating. To be involved in the doing. I embrace and love every moment that I am allowed this most precious gift.
I hope you embrace the gift you've been given.
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Accepting thoughts of yourself as artist, gives rise to a life rich in creativity.
There is something profound in the simplicity of making art.
Just a doodle can lead you down a path of exploration to more fun, more creative expression.
| My tiny spiral index card deck that I take wherever I go. For doodling "in the moment". |
How many paintings do you plan to make this year? Or do you even have an amount?
When you have an ailment that hinders what you love to do (my ailment is arthritis) you become thankful for every moment that you are pain-free.
I'm just happy to be creating. To be involved in the doing. I embrace and love every moment that I am allowed this most precious gift.
I hope you embrace the gift you've been given.
| Just sketching around by denni mulligan |
Also linking to Artists in Blogland
I would love it if you leave a comment, I'll be sure to visit you on your blog or website. While your here why don't you bookmark this blog so you remember where I am and visit my newer posts. See you soon in the comment section.
27 comments:
Great advice...awesome paintings!
Hi Denni. Love your pieces. Colorful. I too have arthritis of both knees/elbows/jaw/hip and sometimes it can be very painful. Happy Paint Friday. Have a great weekend.
What a wonderful post Denni!!!! and your work is stunning....I love the colours and the details!!!
I hope you will pop by my blog for Sweet Saturdays and share something sweet!!!
Hugs
Diana
What vibrant and glowing colors!!
Love your words.
Great post and really like that first painting. Great texture and wonderful colours.
Your advice made me smile as have never considered myself an artist, just a player of colours. Love your pieces so full of joy. Happy PPF, Annette x
Gorgeous, luminous paintings, Denise! :)
Happy New Year and
Happy PPF!!
Mary
Mixed-Media Map Art
Your paintings are beautiful, so loose and free feeling. Love your colors too.
What a wonderful post. I'm so glad you shared this with us all. We are always so reluctant to call ourselves artists. I agree - let's celebrate our creatity.
Both your words and paintings are beautiful. I love your bright happy colors.
darling Denni ,
you are so very right.
thanks for inspiring all the artists in us all. we should embrace out talents whether big or small time consuming or spur of the moment they all are inspired and created for a reason. I love you feathers and sapling art work it is very eye-catching and happy
- KAT -
If you are a true artist, and his work is worthy of being looked at. Saludos
This is beautiful. I love it love it! ...I have a hard time calling myself an artist. I have friends that say I am, but I still struggle with this. Thank you for this post!
Some great comments there and the journal page is so pretty. visiting from AIB
Such a lovely post and very wise words. Your journal pages are stunning, so vibrant and full of life.
Wow, your pages are beautiful and your words very encouraging. My migraines get me down but yes i am so thankful for the "good" days!Deb
This is such a wonderful post and a beautiful celebration of being an artist!
(I love the way you use the white detailing in your work.)
xo
Kristin
YOur journal page just popped out to me. Great post about painting with your own voice, it shows. xox Corrine
Such beautiful work and such a wonderful post. Being creative is such a special gift to be given. I love how you answered... how to live a creative life... just begin! Exactly! Love that!
I'm still waiting, but I very much like your reason (to annoy others) ;). I'm happy to refer myself as a painter, though :). Beautiful vibrant colours, I especially like the feathers.
Gorgeous two pages! I love the vibrancy here - and great message!
love the way you're using the precious gift! i'm also grateful for that moments...kind thoughts
Love your work - thank you for the reminder to be thankful for all the good we have in our lives. Blessings for 2012.
Wonderful art. I share my body with lupus and the pain is sometimes a bit too much. Art gets me through.
Nicole/Beadwright
Love the positive and uplifting post. The painting is beautiful and so detailed. You've added a brightness to my day through your painting and your words. Thank you. Blessings, Janet PPF
I LOVE this, the colours ,the white ink ,everything looks perfect together.
Denni, what an inspiration you are and quite the writer; and you keep it so simple. Truth is revealed. And what is wonderful about you is that you don't identify with your arthritis; you identify with the artist. Blessings Terri www.morningdewdrops.typepad.com
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