And yet, at the end of my rope, far from home, my creativity is high. I'm reading "The Edge of Space-Time" by Chanda Prescod-Weinstein and "One from Many" by Dee Hock, and they're each firing up my neurons. I'm realizing something about my teaching. In the chaos of discomfort and unpredictability, something is becoming clear.
There is a system that informs my art and my teaching.
It's essentially this: "Create-Connect-Share."
CREATE includes the technicalities of art making. How to do the things that generate art. How to break through the blocks that prevent art.
CONNECT is about making it mean something—to ourselves and to others. The process and the gifts it produces.
SHARE is the final piece of the puzzle. Sharing completes the circle. Showing it to others, telling our stories, evoking responses. Exhibiting, selling, gifting, whatever form it takes, this part is what makes art a collaborative process, a human endeavor as old as humans.
This is what and how I teach. More to come in the next few emails. In the meantime, if you want to start with the CREATE step, check out my new online drawing class starting Tuesday. There are a few more spots left, so register now snag a space.
