I was feeling stuck and uninspired last week. Do you all ever feel that way? What do you do about it?I kept attempting to make new stencil print paintings but they kept coming out terrible. I was getting nowhere and felt myself spiralling into a negative space, so I decided to stop trying and do something else. I walked into the other room and saw my son’s crayons on the floor. I went to pick them up and thought to myself, why don’t I just sit and color freely like he does? Why don’t I allow myself the freedom to just play without worrying about the cost of materials. So I grabbed some cheap office paper and the box of crayons and sat outside and just colored and colored and colored.. It was so liberating not worrying about wasting expensive art supplies, and that allowed me to get into that magical flow state we all crave. The act of scribbling was fun too! I really need to remember this the next time I am feeling stuck and uninspired! Please share with me what you do when you all are stuck in a rut.

Here is a picture of a pile my crayon drawings and then the two stencil prints that were inspired by them.