Question, Just for the fun of it

[joroho]

In Ivan's latest post regarding the trees brush, he mentioned he was drawing only in black and white for a while because he was not happy. This intrigues me.

Do the rest of you find that your moods are reflected in your artistic work? Does it ever work the opposite way around, e.g. you create art which affects your feelings? I'm not an artist, so I can't speak from personal experience.

joroho

[joroho]

In Ivan's latest post regarding the trees brush, he mentioned he was drawing only in black and white for a while because he was not happy. This intrigues me.

Do the rest of you find that your moods are reflected in your artistic work? Does it ever work the opposite way around, e.g. you create art which affects your feelings? I'm not an artist, so I can't speak from personal experience.

joroho

[michaelward]

I often find that my work is affected strongly by my moods, but I try not to let it affect my professional work!

I've also had my mood affected by work i've done... especially when I find out some new and great technique with the brush tool in Xara... that can brighten my whole day up! [img]/infopop/emoticons/icon_smile.gif[/img]

Moods and art is very closely linked in my opinion, and I think tou'll find most other people agree.

Michael Ward



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[gwpriester]

<BLOCKQUOTE><font size="-1">quote:</font><HR> Do the rest of you find that your moods are reflected in your artistic work? Does it ever work the opposite way around, e.g. you create art which affects your feelings? I'm not an artist, so I can't speak from personal experience. <HR></BLOCKQUOTE>

What the hell do you mean by that, Joroho?

(Just kidding) [img]/infopop/emoticons/icon_rolleyes.gif[/img]

I'm not sure about moods, I'm generally grumpy all the time, so I can't really comment.

But, I have found that it is easy to get in a negative frame of mind, and that in such a state, more energy is expended on negativity and complaining and less energy on creativity. The result is the creative work suffers.

Once I recognize that I am in such a negative tailspin, I try to turn the energy around. The result is usually a more postive attitude and better creative output.

(The grumpiness goes into another compartment)

Gary

Gary Priester

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Be It Every So Humble...

[Flyboy]

My mood and my creativity are very closely linked, but in a different direction than you might expect. When I am in exceptionally good spirits, I am definitely less creative. I do my best work (yes, I have audacity to call it thus [img]/infopop/emoticons/icon_smile.gif[/img]) when I'm in a quiet, introspective mood. Over the years I have taught myself the ability to deliberately go into that mindset whenever I need to be creative.

[tad]

Artists gotta do it. Mood, schmood. It passes through us, sometimes joyfully, sometimes painfully; but it is truly compulsive.
I'm a recovering sculptor, and I still go work on twelve year old patinas. Latest graphics are non objective and totally without content. Just eats at me - has to come out. Some people call it a "gift". I try not to think about it, just keep moving.
Regards,,,,,,,,,,,,,,Tad

[Erik Heyninck]

My moods don't seem to affect my work, but on the other hand, when I'm stuck (and this happens more often with the PC than with paper or oils) I get obsessed, can't get it out of my mind and I can't relax until I found a solution. And this completely blocks the creative flow.

I normally work rather detached: I feel more like a tool than the source, although I attach no religious meaning whatsoever to this attitude. It just happens, that's all, and I can only wonder why.

I've also noticed that I get a lot of energy from being creative. If, due to circumstances I can't work for a few weeks, I start feeling empty and depressed... a creative vampyre???

[ivan louette]

Hi Joroho !

I am not so sad. I have only noted the only use of grey shades in my drawings some weeks after the beginning of annoying problems (with some people who have an anti-creative attitude and seems to dyslike creativity). Thus in my personnal case my mood can affect my kind of creativity. But I am not superstitious, and I love black and grey shades very much too. They are also definitely colors for me. Nevertheless it seems that I can only use them the most nicely when I am not very glad or in disturbed times!

And thanks allways to you, Gary! You never are grumpy on the forum. I have a lot of grumpy friends. This is a part of their natural self control, and I find it a great quality.

Very kindly to all!

ivan