Tracy Kobus » creating http://www.tracykobus.com Based in the Comox Valley on Vancouver Island, British Columbia, artist and art teacher Tracy Kobus explores the powerful imagery of Canada's west-coast in her imaginative acrylic painting style. Wed, 18 Jan 2012 19:20:14 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 Fertile Ground http://www.tracykobus.com/2010/01/fertile-ground.html http://www.tracykobus.com/2010/01/fertile-ground.html#comments Sat, 23 Jan 2010 15:34:00 +0000 admin http://www.tracykobus.com/blog2/2010/01/fertile-ground.html

Quote: Peter London, “The artistic process…is a powerful practice by which we can work toward the achievement of desired states of mind and work.”

Creating is about being able to keep myself open so that I will easily be able to respond to what is around me. In this case, I want to think of myself as a well manured and groomed garden bed, so that if seeds are planted, they will easily grow.

Creativity is about living in a way that makes my heart feel full. The more I am full (of love, inspiration, etc…) the less I have cravings and the more I am content with “what is”. It seems if you don’t open your mind and become “fertile ground”, you will never experience abundance.

Life’s journey may be a neverending quest to keep ourselves open-minded; fertile and consequently, free.

]]> http://www.tracykobus.com/2010/01/fertile-ground.html/feed 2 Accessing Creativity http://www.tracykobus.com/2009/12/accessing-creativity.html http://www.tracykobus.com/2009/12/accessing-creativity.html#comments Fri, 18 Dec 2009 19:54:00 +0000 admin http://www.tracykobus.com/blog2/2009/12/accessing-creativity.html When I get to the studio after some time of not creating, I have to expect that the first few things I do will be throwaways. My goal isn’t to create a masterpiece, but to just access my creative thinking which seems to get bogged down by routine of daily life. Sometimes I find accessing my creativity like starting a garden out of a patch of lawn. The first part is hard work and not fruitful, but necessary.

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