Day 80 of year 3
The supplies came to make a new printing plate, finally! I'm excited to experiment this weekend. It's always wonderful when an artist can make their own art supplies. It gives you more possibilities, more room for play and more room for mistakes. Mistakes are one of the most important parts of the artistic processes. It's easy to get attached to what you want to happen, but I try to never get upset over a mistake because mistakes are gifts. They are cracks that let in fresh air and light to guide you on your way. They wake you up and help you to change. Change is the essence of being an artist. Creation is fundamentally an act of changing the world. An artist brings a new physical form into the world and with that form comes transformational energies. Like a drop of water in a well, these energies ripple out. Without mistakes our ripples would grow small and our journeys narrow.