Morning check in Jan. 5, 2025

[embracingcalm]

 

This morning has mostly been nice.   I woke up at 5:30 lit the shrine, did the dishes, washed my face, feed the cats, walked the dog, woke up h, made coffee, photographed the sunrise, walked the dog once more, ate breakfast and  sketched for about 20 minutes.  I started this on New Year’s Eve which is when I determined I would like to stop buying canvases in favor of other mediums.  I still have several canvases lying around though and I hate to waste things so I plan to use them somehow.  I’m considering this specific piece a doodle which really frees up some room for creativity.  

 Update:  I was staring at this beginning of a painting while drinking some tea and realized that I’ve copied some of this from a Salvador Dali painting of a camel.  So, I’ll either have to rework it or (more likely) will need to spray this thing with a solvent to try again.  

Comments

[flamingsword]

Is it illegal to take inspiration from Salvador Dali or something? It is in a very different style and only real art nerds would catch the reference - and we usually like that sort of thing, self-congratulatory bunch that we sometimes are.

Shrine for who? As a secular pagan, a thing which I largely am all by my lonesome, I like to hear about other people's journeys through the waters of belief. Feel free to elaborate - or not, I am not the boss of anybody!

[embracingcalm]

Not illegal to take inspiration from Dali of course but after staring at it an extra day I just sort of think the form is forced into that spot. Truly I don’t mind throwing on a solvent. The constant reworking is part of my process.

My shrine is to Lakshmi and Vishnu. I tend to focus my meditations more on Lakshmi//Sita than Vishnu though due to a longing growth in certain areas over others.