Dear Liza,
I started painting this spring. It made sense to paint flowers because are a pleasant, familiar image and, the way I did them, pretty simple. I had not realized that I was painting flowers BECAUSE it was spring. (Yes, sometimes I am a little dense.)
This weekend I looked back at my paintings as the seasons shifted. Even when not working from a seasonal prompt, the pictures kept progressing.
And the latest batch have accidentally proven my point. My spring flowers have given way to frozen landscapes. I have not set out, in most of these pieces, to make a picture of the season. I sit down, look my paints, and pick what appeals to me. I guess my brain is more connected to the wet, dark Oregon winter than I thought. Winter has certainly arrived, and I am feeling it heavily this year.
Maybe today I will try and find spring again, if only in my art, and paint a flower. Or would that would be out of synch, like wearing shorts in the snow?
I am not sure. I have had such fun just painting what comes to mind, I don’t want to irritate the Muse. I’ll see what happens today, I guess.
Love,
Grandma Judy
Dear Liza 
DONT IRRITATE THE MUSE! Art should not be forced, paint what comes to mind or colors that you feel. You are more of a true artist than you ever imagined! Go with the flow 😉
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Yes, you are right. Why does it take so long to learn to trust ourselves, to do what we love and know it’s good enough? I had a revelation overnight (several sleepless hours) about a story I was writing for two years and set aside, and now see a path forward with it. Beeeee yourself, said the Bridgett…. she is generally right.
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