tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9010443633955755126.post7966923279251590191..comments2024-03-14T19:12:35.076-04:00Comments on Love My Art Jewelry: Guest Poster Janice Fowler: The Fallow ArtistArtisan Beads Plushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17162473523455499816noreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9010443633955755126.post-85239284167883785782012-09-05T20:16:56.601-04:002012-09-05T20:16:56.601-04:00Have you been spying on me?? :) My life is chaos...Have you been spying on me?? :) My life is chaos.... work work work, make jewelry, work, make jewelry components, work... etc etc etc...... While I have not had the option to stop working, I've found myself looking at older pics of jewelry I've made, looking at sketches, trying to draw inspiration from something, so that I can create. The short times I allow myself to just "relax" are SO very wonderful. Every October my husband and I take a week and rent a cabin in the Smokey Mountains of Tennessee. If we do nothing this year but hold down the rocking chairs on the deck and stare at the mountains, and the changing Fall leaves, I will be a very, very, very happy girl. Kellihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14638777927479610157noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9010443633955755126.post-20166767942022312002012-08-30T20:46:33.495-04:002012-08-30T20:46:33.495-04:00What a fabulous post! I feel like you are speaking...What a fabulous post! I feel like you are speaking directly to me. Lately I've been in a bit of a funk at the bench. I feel like a vulture circling. Although I know that we all go through these periods, it isn't the first and won't be the last, it helps to hear from other artists and what they do when their muse takes a vacation. Thank you! Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11615165119056187989noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9010443633955755126.post-35803983545499810532012-08-30T12:31:40.342-04:002012-08-30T12:31:40.342-04:00Beautiful and insightful post. Thanks for sharing...Beautiful and insightful post. Thanks for sharing!Lindahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14013223342802270728noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9010443633955755126.post-9371197075863973212012-08-30T10:34:38.115-04:002012-08-30T10:34:38.115-04:00yes, a great post indeed... when you have a gazill...yes, a great post indeed... when you have a gazillion things you 'should' be doing and you get some free time, you feel like you should use it... when you cannot, it can be discouraging... i agree, we have to allow this to happen... i know i have days in a row where all i can do is circle around the work area... but cannot put my hands on anything... your work is beautiful and certainly worth the wait!mairedoddhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01518352870828784085noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9010443633955755126.post-28895475091986410072012-08-30T09:53:49.198-04:002012-08-30T09:53:49.198-04:00When I read that word "fallow" in your t...When I read that word "fallow" in your title, I knew what was coming, well sort of. My grandmother was a farmer and I learned early in life that you must leave fields fallow for a while or you deplete the nourishment. I believe our lives are like that. We must have that time of rest and relief so our creative "nutrients" can replenish themselves. Great post.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9010443633955755126.post-55473337713249985482012-08-30T06:27:18.260-04:002012-08-30T06:27:18.260-04:00I hear you! I've actually had that happen in t...I hear you! I've actually had that happen in the past year and I just could not get it together. I was dealing with a tragic situation and even when that subsided.... nothing.... I just went with it feeling my brain needed a break. It has come back. Not the way I had expected since I started created enameled beads and painting toy box story book designs for my grandchildren, but I'm still creating. I tend to let life take me where it may and listen to my intuition or "feeling." Great post! Thanks for sharing :o)<br />MaryAnnArtisan Beads Plushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17162473523455499816noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9010443633955755126.post-84458151562203732412012-08-29T17:02:35.309-04:002012-08-29T17:02:35.309-04:00Super Post~~ Janice I agree that fallow times are ...Super Post~~ Janice I agree that fallow times are a gift too. Thanks Stacie!Chrishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08563162014346232631noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9010443633955755126.post-33486867329019108872012-08-29T12:45:22.159-04:002012-08-29T12:45:22.159-04:00Me too! But I've learned to just wait and it a...Me too! But I've learned to just wait and it always comes back...usually, it means I need to fill the well...great post Janice and thank your for guest posting!!!<br />Mystic Indigohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13819788891906071402noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9010443633955755126.post-44754062292564374042012-08-29T11:28:15.254-04:002012-08-29T11:28:15.254-04:00Beautiful post Janice. I too experience times lik...Beautiful post Janice. I too experience times like this when it seems the "spark" is gone. It would be all too easy to panic...but so far, it always comes back. I like your explanation for it, and will remember next time.Julie Holmeshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09911957737506862644noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9010443633955755126.post-41447800959343494002012-08-29T11:05:46.699-04:002012-08-29T11:05:46.699-04:00When my muse deserts me, I sometimes make projects...When my muse deserts me, I sometimes make projects by other designers, because then the pressure is off me, and I can create within someone else's framework. It really takes the pressure off, but then, because I'm creating, I get my own inspirations back. Just my way of dealing with it.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02133972554998139148noreply@blogger.com