Other than some work-related sketching, I hadn’t engaged in making anything visual since the beginning of January. My last time sitting at my work table was literally on January 1st.
There have been things that felt like barriers — most of them of my own creation. There has been grief and frustration with myself and a variety of external circumstances both mundane and cultural.
Art making comes from an emotional place for me and while it can be an “unblocker” it can also be one of the first things to become blocked.
Last night I spent two minutes doing this. Unblocking can start with one mark or take a hundred. We will see.