Creative Commitment

I have been thinking a lot lately about what it means to commit to your art and to yourself. Recent health problem have forced me  to change the way I live my life. I now have to care and really nurture myself in ways I would have never deemed acceptable in the past. These things are now a daily necessity just to keep myself in relative balance.

We forget ourselves so easily.  I have always been my last priority, just as my art too has found it's way to the bottom of my to-do list.

What does it take to break this habit? The core of me knows this thinking and action is backwards. Have I become a casualty of Adult life? At what point did making the bed and showering come before coloring with every crayon the box has to offer? I do understand that being a functioning adult requires me to pay the bills, eat regularly and even bathe but I don't have to like it! I also recognize there are many ways to shoot a horse (or what ever that expression is).

I believe that in order for me to feel "okay" and in balance, not even necessarily happy, I must make a commitment. To commit to my art the same way I have been with my body and mind.

I don't know what it is like to be anyone else but me. When I am in it, making, doing, creating, I feel a calm, a peace that I do not find anywhere else. Doesn't everyone want to feel at peace?

What are the measures to take in order to nurture my art?

This week I will start by doing more of what nurtures me and less of what doesn't. 
I will let my creativity guide me.
I will find and see more art in the world everyday, whether it be manhole cover or sunrise.

Wish me luck

Here is what is currently on the table. enjoy

Oh I remember now "skin a cat", what the hell freaky kinda of expression is that?

Creative Commitment