Cathy Nance Studios

08/30/2022

Just one layer of work here which will be worked on more if I want to. This is the last spread I did from one of my journals. It is something meant for my eyes only, for me to work through issues, mark time, play with new ideas etc. It is a safe place to play. I thought I would share because this is basically a type of vision board. What do you dream, desire, and need to work on? All of this can go into your journal. Think of it in a way like a diary but this is a bigger idea. Because it's not meant to be seen by anyone other than you it's not meant to be pretty unless however, you want it to be. Your walls are a place for pretty or shareable art. Your journal is a place where you can scotch tape magazine clippings, doodle, color, put photographs in, and do anything you can think of. I've never doodled a salmon before and so I decided to look up the symbology of what the salmon represent. It is along the lines of perseverance. This fish swims successfully upstream and teaches you how to find a purpose and how to cope with challenges. I'm not supposed to go with the flow because everyone else is doing it or this is how it's supposed to go. More or less, I need to find my dance and do it to my own drum. This is what I am working with already so it's especially interesting to me that it came up in my doodles. When you are doing art of any kind you get into your right brain and your unconscious. Your art can become a Rorschach test for not only you to go back and look at and decipher but for others. Everyone will interpret the art from their own experiences and journey. Would you guys be interested in learning how to journal? Let me know here or send me a dm

08/09/2022

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08/09/2022

I am a creator.

I am an artist

It's painful for me to be boxed in. They say pick one thing, but I find that so hard to do. Although I follow rules and work within confines, I excel at creating different ways of working and inventing things.

I am a maker. I am in the garden dancing barefoot, in the kitchen performing what you think is magic, teaching children, helping friends, listening to burdens, and offering advice.

I am an author of not just books but of my life.

I am an empath. If I spend any time with you even a tiny bit, I hear you. I truly understand you. I really see you. I can define your features and draw them. When I see you, I even see the art that your being is presenting in person as a performance. I also see what you would look like on the canvas or prints that I created beginning with my camera. I create that art in my head as we are talking and then I get off the phone or walk away with an impression that I will remember. My memories are strong in color, smells, textures, and feelings.

I don't live inside myself, inside a bubble being protective although I have. It is so stifling in that place!

I get inspired by so many things you wouldn't believe it. Even tiny, simple things.

I am in a constant state of learning through classes, tasting everything, I can, touching, feeling, and absorbing. Then I ponder

I get called jack of all trades and master of none. I say that's rubbish. Can't you be a good mom and a good nurse? Can't you also learn skills that would make you a great cook in the same lifetime? We all do multiple things and some of us have had multiple careers. They say a person changes jobs 7 times in their life. Don't you have many things you can say you have done or know about?

The camera, computer, paint brushes, stethoscope, oven, and piping bags are all just tools.

You are much more than you know. You are capable of so much no matter how limited you are.

You can be anyone you want to be

You have to be self-motivated and have the passion and drive to go after it.

11/05/2021

I was asked to do a video on something I love :) So here is a review of week 1-3 of the book the artist way. Some of you have already heard me rant and rave about this book . Have you already read it? What are you doing to live an inspired life?

I am working through The Artist Way and decided to give a review on weeks 1-3 and the impact it's had on my life so far. I have been talking about this book ...