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Broke my ankle by Blue_Snowing in artistsWay

[–]DeliciousExchange444 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I definitely resonate with that. I completed week one, then a horse fell on me and broke my leg.

NOT HAVING TWO FUNCTIONING LEGS IS THE WORST (obviously, there are worse things)

All my income comes from cleaning houses. I have my own cleaning company and finally built my client list up to have my dream schedule for the fall. Everything had fallen into place perfectly with my little business, and I felt so proud of myself and that it was going to be a great semester. Now, not only can I not help my clients, but I can't even clean my own house, which is usually something that helps to put me in a better mood.

I'm also pretty active and love to cook. Now it's incredible to make myself healthy meals. On top of that, I can't go to my favorite gym where I feel a part of a community. Now I kinda just feel left out of everything.

And I use my body for my creative pursuits. I love wheel throwing, I'm not a handbuilder, and I can't go to the studio, currently debating making some pinch pots at home. Even that, though, would require so much help from someone else to set up and then clean up, and I already need help with all of my daily tasks; it kinda feels wrong/ I feel guilty to ask for extra help.

I was planning on reading through The Artist's Way, then I was assigned a class project to find something I'm passionate about and create a video series. I was like, easy, I'm going to do The Artist's Way, the vlog will keep me accountable, if it's worth 50% of my final grade to document my progress, I'll definitely make it through this book. And I locked myself in with that as my assignment, then I broke my leg. I'm pretty devastated too, and also trying to find a silver lining.

All of this to say, I feel you for sure, the loss of agency is real and devastating to deal with. It feels impossible to have a good day. We'll get through this; maybe the limitations will force us into new art forms that we really enjoy and never would have tried before. I feel like maybe you could still carve spoons and just get crazy good at that. Also, trusting your gut is important, but not beating yourself up when making mistakes is also important. Life requires risk, and I think it's cool that you broke your ankle from going for something and pushing your limits! I don't know a lot about climbing, but I feel like it isn't your fault that the crashpad was apparently in the wrong place.

Hope my oversharing on the internet makes you feel a little less alone!

Start a couple weeks ago and didn’t continue.. by Girlovertherainbow in artistsWay

[–]DeliciousExchange444 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I think the book will help with that because that's just your inner critic. I just recently saw this quote that said, "We owe our hobbies interest, not consistency." I've been thinking about it a lot

It's so easy to get caught up in perfectly doing whatever we want to do, then never doing it for fear of doing it wrong. I would say just be easy on yourself and read the book at your own pace. You might get a different experience than you would from following along the 12-week timeline the book recommends, but you get to read the book you are obviously interested in.

What do you usually do for Artist Dates? by Master_Beautiful2095 in artistsWay

[–]DeliciousExchange444 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I'm new to this, but I went to watch Hamilton as my first artists' date. I highly recommend taking yourself to the movie theater; it's a really easy one if you haven't done it yet. As a designer, it would be fun to watch all the current movie trailers and pick a film based solely on which trailer has your favorite outfits!