Your imaginary friend pierre.

I’ve been doing some soul searching, I’m finding some good stuff. I’m being pushed reluctantly into the foreground, a place that i purposefully abandoned several years ago. However situations keep occurring where my hermit tendencies don’t serve me. I am also being informed that my style of perfectionism doesn’t serve me. My art is like a cockroach in that for every one piece of mine that you see there are about 30 that you don’t see. Growing up I used to throw away sketch books, rhyme books and journals because they were not “perfect.” It wasn’t till i got married that i really started to save my work & even then many things never saw the light of day. I learned that just because something comes easy to me doesn’t mean it lacks value. So here i am unwilling to put things out there that are not “perfect” but in desperate need to share and make room for all the new stuff. The first challenge I put to myself is to be “out there” more. I’ve decided to do so by starting a Video Blog (which i believe is called a V-log). It is tentatively titled “2 minutes with your imaginary friend Pierre!” I begin shooting later this week…see you soon..well…you’ll see me soon but you…you get it…so yeah.

5 Comments, Comment or Ping

Rashida

have i ever told you that you’re just chock full of awesomeness!! i have no doubt this will be another demonstration of that. looking forward to it!

Apr 13th, 2010
Kiini

Petey, I’ve had to go through a similar process. So great to hear you’re putting yourself out there. You go out there–let God tell you what’s good.

Apr 13th, 2010
jazmyn

i thought i was the only one who threw away journals :O) i feel your pain and plan to follow your lead. all my writing is tucked away in my head, hard drive, random scattered notebooks…you’ve encouraged me to find a public space for my creativity. yay!

Apr 13th, 2010
Lorraine naTasha West

That’s awesome congrats..I just got over the same syndrome and couldn’t be more pleased with my renewed spirit creatively and generally!

Apr 13th, 2010
Lexi

I know this was posted a while ago, but I just found out about this blog by way of the oyin podcasts (you guys are awesome!) Every time I find a new blog, I always start from the newest and go back and read and view all of the previous posts….almost like, “what have I missed!” All of your posts are comment-worthy in that they are some of the most creatively thought provoking posts I’ve seen in a while. I had to respond to this post because i know EXACTLY how you feel! I am an artist as well, I work in graphic and web design, but my first love has always been oil painting. Weirdly enough, I didn’t realize how much of a perfectionist I was until I tried to make something with my hands and stopped because I didn’t like it within the first 10 minutes. I guess my point is, somehow working past our initial throughts more than likely leads to something beautiful and if not……well….i guess we learned somethin’?! lol!

Jul 13th, 2010