Be a Little In Love with Your Life
Why is it that every time I commit to one creative project, another one wants to start blooming? The minute I’ve committed myself to writing everyday, now I just want to draw and do more art. The same thing happened when I was elbow deep in completing the Great Gals Calendar for 2006. I was entrenched in doing it, and all I wanted to do was write. I am wondering if I should just fully commit to something knowing that I am committing to something else wanting to wiggle through the soil. Maybe THAT’S how my muse works! Oh, well, the minute I’ve figured her out, I am sure she will become elusive again.
That being said, I have rediscovered Camilla Engman’s blog, which is simple and mostly just pictures and other inspired links. I actually fantasize about having the life she depicts in her blog–days spent doing art and sending and receiving art to ; walking her adorable dog; and eating delicious food. That’s not so hard to achieve, right?
I’m also recently obsessed with the illustrator Peter Arkle, who lives in the East Village. I want to stand outside his apartment like a superfan and throw Pentel markers at him. His work looks deceptively simple, but it is rich with his life and observations. Isn’t that what great art is– rich observations? I think as an artist you have to be a little in love with your life–even if you’re miserable. Anne Sexton was in love with her misery, and made great poems from it. Chagall was in love with the romance of his life, and painted such great pictures of his wife, of the view from their window, of their friends, and interests.
Lately, I’ve wanted to draw pictures of coffee cups, and make postcards of things that I think about. I’ve also wanted to make my OWN poster of How to Be an Artist. It would go something like this:
Make Mixed Tapes. Take Lots of Road Trips Across the Country. Fall in Love. A Lot. Watch the Sunrise. Believe in Ghosts. Rediscover Mystery. Read Widely. Bake Pies. Keep a Journal. Have Ideas About Yourself then Lose Them. Write Letters. Pretend You Are In a Movie.
and yes, Be A Little In Love With Your Life.
What would your poster look like?
The Great Gals Calendar 2006 will be available next month for purchasing. I am hoping to figure out by then how to get images up here so you can see for yourself what I’ve worked so hard on. 12 portraits & bios and birthdays every single day of the year. VERY exciting.
That being said, I have rediscovered Camilla Engman’s blog, which is simple and mostly just pictures and other inspired links. I actually fantasize about having the life she depicts in her blog–days spent doing art and sending and receiving art to ; walking her adorable dog; and eating delicious food. That’s not so hard to achieve, right?
I’m also recently obsessed with the illustrator Peter Arkle, who lives in the East Village. I want to stand outside his apartment like a superfan and throw Pentel markers at him. His work looks deceptively simple, but it is rich with his life and observations. Isn’t that what great art is– rich observations? I think as an artist you have to be a little in love with your life–even if you’re miserable. Anne Sexton was in love with her misery, and made great poems from it. Chagall was in love with the romance of his life, and painted such great pictures of his wife, of the view from their window, of their friends, and interests.
Lately, I’ve wanted to draw pictures of coffee cups, and make postcards of things that I think about. I’ve also wanted to make my OWN poster of How to Be an Artist. It would go something like this:
Make Mixed Tapes. Take Lots of Road Trips Across the Country. Fall in Love. A Lot. Watch the Sunrise. Believe in Ghosts. Rediscover Mystery. Read Widely. Bake Pies. Keep a Journal. Have Ideas About Yourself then Lose Them. Write Letters. Pretend You Are In a Movie.
and yes, Be A Little In Love With Your Life.
What would your poster look like?
The Great Gals Calendar 2006 will be available next month for purchasing. I am hoping to figure out by then how to get images up here so you can see for yourself what I’ve worked so hard on. 12 portraits & bios and birthdays every single day of the year. VERY exciting.
posted by Summer Pierre at
12:42 PM
3 Comments:
your blogs have been so especially heartfelt lately....i've been exploding with empathy...
your writing always brightens my otherwise intensely miserable anger-filled litigious days! we must hang out sometime in real life.
kg--your poor thing!!!
summer: i just got the CD....i'm about to listen to it on my way to work...lolita loved the sticker! she wore it all night....
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