Journal entry on what types of studios we need to flourish in creating and being ourselves-as it is below, so shall it be, but better above-as they say:
Artists make art studios so they can make art. We build below what makes us feel most free to create. That atmosphere reminds us of who we are, but also leads us into the possibilities of what we are becoming….
We are currently building an art studio we can live in and host events. A Gallery House to live inside our metaphors.
Fun thinking about what we need around us to create—our art studios on earth reflect our forever art studios above, I’m sure. With mine….
I always must have stimulation and visual and sonic and light designed inspiration around me to create. Multiple layers—open art books, old cameras and clocks, stacks and stacks of books, old many shaped lamps, strange curiosities, old maps,, old polish poster art etc. I can’t create in sterile environments I have a hard time creating in hospitals, although I’ve done art therapy in them), or it is much harder at least for me.
Julio, my art mentor’s house back in my college days, was perfect for me, as it had so much visual stimulation, even the glass eyed furnace was theatrical.
And he had two ended brooms he had made on the walls, and glass blocks from around the world in the windows…..he was an architect and sculptor who made his own glass, but also collected artifacts from around the world. I felt right at home in his Art House! He lived inside his metaphors, as I also try to!
My eyes need many distractions in order to focus on making art.
Old globes, pictures of whales from magazines, fashion costumes on racks, hats everywhere, up and down the walls.
I create best inside a theatrical setting. I’m sure I would paint best on an old theater stage.
Everyone needs different spaces to create in; and I often study the artist’s studio to see who they really were, and where their art was birthed.
Artist and their studios tell you how to read their art.
For me, I also need multiple stations ready to go—a photography set up with good lighting and cameras ready; a painting station with canvases and aisles on the ready; often a place to create music if needed as well. And always old clocks and record players and theatrical props of all sorts.
I had a dream once of the “land of possibilities”. It was a part of heaven for artist and had piles of brooms, whale bones, lots of sorts of raw materials that one could choose from depending on the wind of the Spirit that day (if there are days in heaven). I loved that part of heaven.
I think we recreate whatever part of heaven we occupy down here, in partial ways, but spaces that have a continuum with our forever homes above!
In another dream, my house had a bowling alley, and full of theater, slides going out the windows, fireman’s poles and lots of spiraling staircases! One could just roam like in a labyrinth from room to room. Only the long hallways connected them, and they were strewn with statues and old film poster art etc.
That is my type of kingdom.
I know some folks who create best in taxi cabs or airports. I do well with sketching ideas there, but need more theatrics around me to really focus.
Or at least that’s the atmosphere I need to create wtihin while here! Can’t wait to see my Big Top Studio above!
It says a lot about us, and our identities—what we need around us in order to create! Atmosphere is air for an artist.
What sort of atmosphere makes you feel most creative? That is most yourself and open to be? What’s your ideal art studio for yourself?
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