Sarah’s Creative Journey

  March 3, 2021 “Days to years stand gone but when all else has been forgotten,  our song lives on but we have to know some bad times or our lives are incomplete how does our happiness endure love is beauty  love is pure how does a moment last forever when our song lives on” Just watched Howard, about Howard Ashman - lyricist of Little Shop, Little Mermaid, Beauty and the Beast, Aladdin, etc...[Even though those lyrics are written by Tim Rice...] Just feeling the immediate call to creativity and to use my time while it’s here. We never know when our time will be up and how can I just get out what’s truly inside? Coming into my 30’s where I have the confidence and gut to not always listen to people, and feel that I’m okay paving my own path. It will always be a struggle, but I have a solid foundation thanks to my privileges. I don’t want to throw away my shot.  Every year, I grow closer to fully understanding myself.  Letting my muse finally find me in action mor...

FEBRUARY 2, 2021 I love love! I love strong friendships that when someone dies-in books or movies- (sad dramatic story) that they’re mourning someone close to them. And I feel the love they had for each other, and THAT’s what I love. A friend that is there. And seeing how this person is affected so strongly after the friend dies.  Sounds morbid, but I guess I’ve just always been drawn to those deep connections. You open yourself up vulnerably and all that love is received and then returned. Which makes the bond incredibly close.  So how can I take my art there? What do I already have in my art that expresses those feelings?  FEBRUARY 3, 2021 Gah! Figures in lighting and how I can’t express how juicy and exciting it is to draw. To move my pencil or piece of charcoal along the flow and energy of bodies. When you light it to really emphasize the strength or movement, it just dances in front of me, teasing. Which is probably why I love theatre (one reason anyway) so much. The...

Whew. What a journey. We’ve all been going through so many changes recently, and I feel grateful to want to share these tidbits of the journey I am on. I have been writing for myself more lately, but just like my art, I feel the need to just put it out there eventually. Those who find and read this will be looking for it. And if you finish reading what I am sharing, then hopefully I can pass along some (at the very least) inspiration to you. Maybe you will find something helpful in reading about my struggles and the sparks of muse that flow through my fingers.  Here is to not just a new year, but to new confidence and charisma that a third decade can bring.  JANUARY thoughts: JANUARY 5, 2021 It’s amazing to watch interviews and think, “holy shit these people (often celebrities) have done a little bit of everything! But then I realize that thought is a bit of a high standard. I think because they are famous, they are offered a lot more one-off opportunities to do different thin...

  https://austinkleon.com/2020/09/09/15-years-of-blogging-and-3-reasons-to-keep-going/ Well!  It feels so long ago that I've written, even though it hasn't even been 6 months.  So many events have happened this summer and this year alone, that while I think I've been creating more and doing daily creative things, I have put some things to the side. Though that is not necessarily a bad thing.  While this year has been particularly long and painful, I have dug into learning. Learning about white supremacy and racism. Relearning history. Learning even more about myself and my surroundings. Just recently has blogging gained my attention again. One, because of this new art project I've been figuring out. Two, because of Austin Kleon (hence the link above).  The new art project involves more research on my part because I want to call attention to these people for specific reasons. I want to take what I have learned in the past few months and share it with others. Art ...

Since I am about to turn thirty and head into a new decade, it’s brought about quite a bit of reflection. I’ve just finished reading Todd Henry’s, Louder Than Words , which hit more points than previous self help books. It might have just been my timing of reading it since I’m in a bigger (or seems to be bigger) transition period, where I have accomplished quite a bit with my art, but also feel a bit stagnant. It’s been slow moving the past few years, but I haven’t stopped creating . I have just absorbed a lot and needed to figure out what kind of artist I am and what kind of artist I want to be. What I have learned about myself since college: I’ve been fighting myself on previous ideas of what or who an artist is. I’ve always told myself I don’t want to be all consumed by art. That I won’t be able to do all of the other things I want to pursue if I dedicated that much time into being an artist professionally. I have been both afraid and maybe misled about artist’s life...

It's officially April and it has been 3 years since I set out to accomplish 30 goals before turning 30. While I haven't finished all of them (may have been a bit ambitious to learn so many new things in that short of a time period), but I have done about 17! Plus, many other things that weren't on my list! I made my first t.v. debut! (Who knows how many more there will be...) I attended Making Midwest (a local art conference) two years now, and have sort of           increased my art circle, met some new people, and connected with some old. Took some figure drawing classes Working on a collaborative art piece and have plans for more Took more skillshare classes Designed and got a second tattoo Learned more about coffee and roasting Went to 3 Coffee Fests - 1 national and 2 state Became an Assistant Manager at Stauf's Joined a book club Got a side shave Did another 2 backpacking trips Gave blood more frequently Created new habits Listening to new...

It's hard to say if I should really count this, but we have at least gone to more theatre shows and supported the theatre community. Funny enough probably supported Dayton theatre more than here in Columbus (*coughnorthmontcough).  We were also able to volunteer our time to help out with State Conference! Even though they mostly needed more bodies to help guide students and what not, it was a fun way to see more shows, meet some people, and learn some more about lighting or other tech stuff.  And after starting to write this, I really don't have much to say on this topic other than just writing about the shows we've seen. Which I don't even feel like doing now. Oh well. Just want to post this as a marker for now. Maybe I'll elaborate a bit more later.