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Trying a little animation

Been very quiet lately. Sorry. I'm trying to decide if this is something I want to keep doing. This trying to turn art into a business. I may just keep drawing for myself. I already deleted my art Facebook. Im just in kind of a weird place right now I suppose. But I'm still drawing. Still learning. Just not sure what, if anything, I'm going to DO with it.

Found this pic from a show earlier this year, before the whirlwind. I've been asked how it is that I'm comfortable painting live at shows. I think it's because painting is one solid way to be fully immersed and present in the process. Also, because I know who I am, and perfection or getting it right doesn't really matter to me in the creative process. Who I am is not based on my ability to produce a pretty picture!!! I'm not bothered by people watching me, because I somehow don't see them as being there to judge, but to witness the magic unfold. It's a spiritual exploration for all of us. Who doesn't want to bear witness to something coming alive?? 🌸🎨#bloomtrue (at Village of Hoffman Estates Government)

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I would love to go back to illustration, but I would also like to leave plenty of room for experimentation and play in my practice. I think that, if I were to remember only one thing of this challenge, it would be this: the joy of exploration and play! To approach the practice from a place of curiosity, with an attitude of "let's see what happens" rather than "I want to get to that". More allow, less force. Once again. 87/100 #the100daysofmakingartapractice #The100DayProject #mireillesketches #sketchbook #bloomtrue

There are moments when everything seems natural: one thing leads to another, it's easy, everything rolls, everything falls easily on my plate, I know where I'm going, I know the road, I master it, its fun. And then there are "teenage"moments when I feel lost, not knowing what to do, where nothing finds grace in my eyes, where I doubt of myself, of what I'm doing, not even knowing where I'm going to. And this is very very destabilizing for my ego who can not tolerate this in my life. He would like just as well, stop the practice of art, do something useful and stop wasting my time. He is afraid in reality. Afraid of all that is unknown, with uncertain outcome. Art is a difficult thing to manage for ego. Impossible in fact. What if I trust? And if I believed in the process, the star that guides me, the muse that inspires me. To remind me that, yes, it is uncomfortable, that one prefers when the way is wide, that one sees the horizon, that the landscapes are magnificent and the weather good. But the road inevitably passes into more chaotic places and maybe, my job is just to take care of myself in those moments, to rest more. This is actually the practice of art, managing these movements in oneself and to remind me of this again and again. And again. 60/100 #the1y00daysofmakingartapractice #The100DayProject #ifyoucandoodleyoucanpaint #mireillespainting #bloomtrue

Unlike playing an instrument, whose sound just issued has already disappeared, the difficulty in the act of painting or drawing is that, what you've just created stand irremediably in front of you. Impossible to pretend that it had not happened. It is not always easy to love what is. This is valid for life in general moreover! Tonight, I experienced it once again. I was painting. My son arrived with his girlfriend who wanted to see what I was doing. I hesitated. Seriously: at that point, my picture was, well was almost awful. I could see the process, I could see the promise which may come, I know this is only a step, maybe the "teenage" step, without anything attractive, but I still looked at it tenderly. My son's friend was polite, but I could read his perplexity and perhaps his disappointment in her face. It's OK. It's not pleasant and easy, but it's ok. I decided to love who I am and what I do. Imperfect, but love it anyway. 46/100 #the100daysofmakingartapractice #The100DayProject #Bloomtrue

I am rather a silent girl ... I like the silence and to be quiet. But with Flora, I'm discovering the pleasure of working in music, drawing in dancing, painting with my whole body and letting it move. I can see that the line's quality change depending on the type of music. And it's a pretty coo way to loosen up. And I need this to loosen up... 42/100/100 #the100daysofmakingartapractice #The100DayProject #Bloomtrue