it's a hard knock life, isn't it?
that's probably why i paint when i can. it's the only time my mind completely sets me free--no thoughts, just the tactile pleasure of the paint or pastel tracking across the page or canvas or panel.
i can listen to music and paint. when i write music is an annoying distraction, but when i paint it becomes the rhythm of the line.
i love it...
This portrait has a wonderfully warm ethereal beauty that's hard to describe with mere words. Her eyes seem so amazingly alive. Makes me want to know this woman (although I happily already do).
ReplyDeleteI'm the same way about music while I'm writing. Too distracting. About the only sound I liked while I'm working on a story is a cat purring in my lap.
Back when I was drawing and painting I found background music very necessary, though.
Hmm. Maybe I should find the time to dabble with a pencil and paints again.
You're quite an inspiration, April.
I feel the same. I'm envious of people like Stephen King who writes while listening to blaring rock music or Joe Eszterhas who wrote Basic Instinct while listening to the Stones. I can put on Bach or Schumann... very low. But no lyrics while I write.
ReplyDeleteBut when I draw or paint, I crave music, any kind of music... even music I wouldn't normally listen to in the car or any other facet of life. As you say so beautifully, "it becomes the rhythm of the line."
And I can look at a sketch or painting, often years later, and I can tell you what I was listening to as I executed it. I can look at an eye or the curve of a hip or a bit of perspective that might have challenged me to get exactly right... and tell you the song that was playing when I solved it.
Wonderful work here, April. The words and the art. Thank you for sharing both.