By Hand

A New Year

2011-04-01T06:42:00.000-07:00

A time of creation and challenge . . . loving it.

WHERE HAVE I BEEN?

2009-08-28T20:26:00.000-07:00

I don't know what I have been doing the last three months.
Have had brief episodes of creativity. Will post floral photos soon.
Hope you are all well!
Joanne

When the Mind Dulls

2009-06-13T21:21:00.000-07:00

I wonder when people say they can create anything; is that true? I can not, or so it seems, turn "it" on or off. My process is intuitive. I feel an urge and I have to do some thing that satisfies my creative urges. Lately, I have been lacking, in what I can not say. If the process is there I can produce without stopping. Sometime, however, there is an empty well.

A Leader and not a Follower -- a real dilemma

2009-06-02T11:10:00.000-07:00

Just today I had a revelation about self. Speaking to a client about a future floral project revealed something I knew but -- perhaps -- did not see as problematic.

As a professional landscaper and general horticulturist of long-standing, I use my intuition and client knowledge to design for them gardens, floral projects, or related arts and crafts. I am usually right on target, too, with the final result.

What does one do, however, when you work for a friend and find they want to take the lead when you would rather they not? What you want is to work alone, knowing the final result will bring praise. I don't have those answers right now but need to find them.

I am not speaking about an ego of great proportion; not at all. I use my experience of many, many years and intuition. Intuition is key for the creative process. It is nothing you have to think about; what comes from it is real.

2009-06-01T11:31:00.000-07:00

Floral Creations

2009-05-17T12:37:00.000-07:00

Part of this creative mind is expanding my horticultural knowledge. Floral classes have taken me a long, long way in this process and, as a bonus, the addition of self-confidence. Amazing what can happen when you let go of doubts.

FLOB -- floral object

2009-05-16T11:12:00.000-07:00

Here is my latest creation. The bag made from hemp, bamboo, and raphia. I love it!
Another idea from my brain to my hands. Now I just need to sell some!!

The Creative Process

2009-05-16T08:27:00.000-07:00

The creative process is essential in my life. I don't know where I would be without it. Ideas come to me, in an instant, and I must act. Now.

I hear all the time, Are you going into a new business? I shake my head and say, No, I just like to create. If someone wants me to make something: jewelry, hand constucted purses, floral designs . . . I will. If I get paid, that is an added bonus.

I am wondering what happens between the creative and the selling process. This is an area -- a limbo, really -- where I find myself.