https://www.blogit.com/Blogs/Blog.aspx/RabbitFromtheWoods6648/a journey of creative expressionhourly12000-01-01T12:00+00:00https://www.blogit.com/Blogs/Blog.aspx/RabbitFromtheWoods6648/696751As a result of being very busy with other writing projects (paying gigs!), school, family and the re-vamping of my website, I have decided to quit Blogit. At least for now. I have enjoyed Blogit for many years and appreciate those who have made me feel welcome and showed an interest in my writing....https://www.blogit.com/Blogs/Blog.aspx/RabbitFromtheWoods6648/695201There used to be a time when being creative was fun. Then it became something you did more and more frequently. People wanted your creations and/or you found you could make money with them. Then it turned into a job and became work. "Is it just me?" you ask. No. This happens to everyone with...https://www.blogit.com/Blogs/Blog.aspx/RabbitFromtheWoods6648/692883Every creative person has experienced a blockage at some time in their artistic lifespan. It is inevitable. Ideally, you deal with whatever is stopping you and move forward after most of these "bumps in the road." Sometimes there is more to the stoppage than just a hindering event, though....https://www.blogit.com/Blogs/Blog.aspx/RabbitFromtheWoods6648/692460Using a reasonable amount of caution and combining conscious knowledge with those deep-seated primal energies, you can allow yourself to get down to the level of the inner child and start a dialog of sorts. If it frightens you too much to just dive in, dip your toes into the water first, then...https://www.blogit.com/Blogs/Blog.aspx/RabbitFromtheWoods6648/692025Getting back in touch after a long absence is not necessarily going to be an overnight transition and the longer it has been the more challenging it could be. Of course it will begin differently for everyone, with experiences ranging from groping your way up out of a slippery, dimly lit cave, to...https://www.blogit.com/Blogs/Blog.aspx/RabbitFromtheWoods6648/691283So as the free-spirited creative person begins move into young adulthood, the inner child perhaps begins to shrink back and in its place springs up the ‘average,’ ‘normal,’ even ‘righteous’ person. The pressures of ‘fitting in’ and meeting the expectations of parents, peers and society in general...https://www.blogit.com/Blogs/Blog.aspx/RabbitFromtheWoods6648/691103So who kidnapped the inner child? How do you find them? Begin by recalling memories of early school days. So many directions started coming at you, the beginning of being fitted into a particular mold. You must do this or that, you cannot do these things. And many of those instructions were for...https://www.blogit.com/Blogs/Blog.aspx/RabbitFromtheWoods6648/690992Many years ago, an innocent game of hide and seek turned into a massive manhunt. A bright-eyed, fun-loving innocent, colorfully clever and creative child disappeared. It didn’t happen in an instant though. It was more like the child was absorbed by some insidious process of osmosis into the web...https://www.blogit.com/Blogs/Blog.aspx/RabbitFromtheWoods6648/690597One of my newly established creative goals is to get more exercise. That doesn't mean I will jog around while painting though. (Although... hmmm...) What I am talking about and trying to implement is an approach that causes me to reach above and beyond what I know and understand to try to take...https://www.blogit.com/Blogs/Blog.aspx/RabbitFromtheWoods6648/690494No matter what the medium, a good composition is a must for successful creative expression. It is important then, to understand what good composition means. Composition is an act. It is something that is done. And there is not anything that can be done without a purpose; an act of the will –...