“Summer’s Jewel”
Art has always been my happy place, but it’s taken years of learning and growth to feel truly confident in it. This year, something shifted. I began creating from a place of knowing. All those years of learning brought me to a place of simply “doing” and in that doing, I found unimaginable joy.
For the first time, creating felt easy, something I’d never experienced. I’ve always had to work at my art, questioning myself constantly, with that familiar nagging feeling that I could do better, that I needed to learn more.
But this year, I began creating with courage. I’m still not sure what changed. Maybe all those years of learning finally convinced my brain that I could create without doubting myself. Or maybe it’s that my work is finally coming out the way I imagine it. Whatever the reason, I stopped judging each step of the process and started simply enjoying the act of creating.
What do you mean by ‘place of knowing’? Knowing what?
Susan,
I am sorry for the delay in responding to your message; to answer your question the place of knowing is all the knowledge that I acquired up to this point in my life, and this year it felt like I did not struggle with my processes I just created from that place of knowing my craft. I guess I could have clarified that better, but I still learning to express myself in writing. Thank you for your question, and I hope you have a wonderful holiday. Ana Sumner
You came from a place of intuition, your soul, bless you. Your work has always been most beautiful, you just didn’t realize it.
Sew on!